I was met at rehearsal yesterday by my entire cast (minus one), where I was expecting only one person. They wanted to talk about the situation with my actor who is leaving after our first competition. It seems they feel he is being selfish to stay, when it will affect some of their other performances (there will be no performance for the school if he is leaving right after our sub-section because we will not have had time to train in a new performer). The rest of the cast has asked that I remove the young man from the show and put new people in place. They came up with a number of suggestions for the other parts.
While I still feel that the young man in question is indeed the best person for the role(s), I admire the unity that the rest of the cast has, and their desire to go all or nothing with a "company" that is together.
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So you didn't say whether you decided to go along with what they wanted. Personally, I think (only knowing the basics of the situation that I do from what you've said here) I agree with them.
Actually, I think the title of the blog says what my decision is.
However, I struggle with this. Knowing, now, what my alternatives are, I am certain that the young man currently in the role is the best person for the part.
Leaving him in, however, seriously affects the morale of the rest of my cast.
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