Vince was an integral part of the creative team behind the production. “My take is that the cast was glad to have me and Emily Loesser in the room,” he added. “We told Kolter, the paperboy, that while we had to place some stuttered words in the script that he should feel where and when to stutter himself. I watched him over three years and he truly took this to heart. I also told him that he couldn’t go wrong on how and when to stutter because stuttering is rarely consistent and that no two stutters are alike.”
Watching the story performed on stage also gave Vince several moments of self-reflection. “Watching Kolter exhibit his frustration with his speech for two hours each performance on the stage reminded me dramatically of what I went through at that age; all the confusion and the anger. I’m not sure the amount of frustration I felt came through in the book as much as it did on stage.”
For Vince, the premiere and limited run of the musical Paperboy is just the beginning. “Emily, Don, Jim Wann and David Shenton are all musical
theatre professionals with Broadway experience,” he said. “They truly believe we have a viable show that should go to a commercial production. I would like to see wide distribution for the show because I think it’s a story that needs to be told.”
As for what lies ahead in the future for Vince, his goals are a bit simpler. “I will share my stuttering journey as long as I am able but am also adamant that we are so much more than our speech impediments. I have so many interests that I could not begin to mention them all. There’s also a John Deere tractor in my barn that continues to call my name. There’s no feeling that can match the peace of bumping along on an old tractor.”
Bravo Vince! Bravo Manhattan School of Music! We’ll all keep our eye on Broadway.
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