Actor Jessica Hecht has appeared on Broadway in Julius Caesar, Harvey and A View From the Bridge, for which she received a Tony nomination. Among her Off-Broadway work, Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl, whose other plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; The Clean House; and Passion Play – productions swiftly followed by nominations for the Pulitzer and Tony. We gathered at Theatre for a New Audience with musicians Duncan Wickel and Eric Robertson.

•  PERSON: Todd Almond
•  PLACE: Providence, RI
•  THING: good luck charms
•  RANDY’S PLACE: Shakespeare in the Park standby line