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...shake every actor’s hand and say, “We appreciate your time.” The actors who have been called back are grouped by the part for which they are being considered. In the process, the actors become anonymous: “Get the Velmas in here!” Hanley yells. It’s as if, in this late stage of the game, the characters become more real than the actors. Therein lies a shocking, but central paradox of any audition process: in the final stretch, the directors’ knowledge...
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After a while, things started looking up. Ed and Velma began to see that Peter's prospects were not as bleak as they had feared. They learned to recognize the cyclical nature of schizophrenia; they noticed that Peter would have good days and bad days, and that his ups and downs were not necessarily related to how much medication he was taking. They became involved with mental-health groups, particularly the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Today Ed and Velma lead courses teaching other families how to cope when a loved one is found to have a mental illness...
Peter went on to earn a two-year degree in computer programming. He made friends, started dating, and in May 2000 his son, Dana, was born. It quickly became clear that neither Peter nor Dana's mother was able to take care of a child, and Velma and Ed once again stepped in and agreed to raise the boy. "One never knows when the next blessing will appear, does one?" Ed wrote in a Christmas letter that year to family and friends...
...developing schizophrenia at some point than a child without an afflicted parent, there is a better than 80% chance that he will not. The Beales have also learned to cast aside the feelings of shame and stigma that are still too often attached to schizophrenia. "My mother had cancer," Velma says. "I'm not ashamed to talk about that. Why should I be afraid to tell people about mental illness?" Peter's brother and sister also talk openly about his condition with their friends and co-workers...