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Thank you, Caitlin Richmond and the Source, for attending and reviewing CTC's production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole. Please be aware there is an error in your 'brief details' at the end of the above review: Minors ARE allowed at this play and in this venue. The play is not recommended for children, for reasons that should be obvious, but it is certainly appropriate for teens.

Mr. Buchanan: As originally written, the musical 1776 contains roles for 23 males and 2 females. The music is challenging. The choral pieces are often harmonically complex. Although there is dialogue, it is the music that makes the piece memorable. When is the last time you saw this musical produced onstage? If your answer is "Never", or "Once, done by my high school in 1978", then you should be able to draw a reasonable conclusion as to WHY an all-female concert version has been made available by the composer/authors of the piece. They want to see and hear their work performed live. Finding 25 men who are talented singer/actors, willing to volunteer their time for more than 4 months (performers are not being paid; this is a fundraiser for The Tower Theatre Foundation) in ANY community is a challenge; in Central Oregon I don't believe it could have been done. Ask any choral or musical director: for whatever reason, it is far easier to fill the soprano/alto section than the tenor/bass section with skilled performers. Any woman who has committed her time and talent to this production is doing so as an act of love and community spirit; she deserves to be applauded, not pilloried. Thank you, Jan Tuckerman, for sharing your talents with those of us who will attend and support the production.