David Girard, who plays Elizabethan actor Richard Burbage, is a local actor and Artistic Director of his own local professional theater company, Troy Foundry Theatre, who supports her observations.

“This is a group that came in prepared from day one," Girard said. "That we all get along so well is because we all share a professional attitude that says, ‘Do your work. Support, but don’t get in the way of another actor.’

"The best way to respect an actor’s talent is not to waste their time.”