First Rehearsal for Listen To Your Mother

I was so excited – I hadn’t seen the Listen To Your Mother producers Angela Smith Youngblood and Angela Amman since my audition several months ago. The Angelas, as they like to call themselves, filled us in on the production while, one by one, a photographer ushered cast members outside to have our portraits taken. Meanwhile, we casually chatted as we passed cookies and veggies around the table in the Whole Foods community room in Detroit.

In no way did this prepare me for what was about to...