'Half-Church, Half-Gymnasium': A Virtual Playreading Group Gives Purpose to Out of Work Actors
by Edward Guthmann When the coronavirus lockdown began in March, Bay Area actors were abruptly out of work. ?It was like a theatrical [disaster],? says veteran actor James Carpenter. ?All our voices were silenced overnight.? But when fellow actor Anthony Fusco hosted a Zoom reading of Romulus Linney?s True Crimes in May, Carpenter?s outlook brightened. ?It was so good to se…