Phantom Phish Pheeder

What kind of person takes it upon themselves to feed a fish that isn't theirs? I mean really. And they didn't just feed him, they dumped food into his tank. Sorry, Jessica! I'm tryin' to take care of ya, really!

J.Simps

We have a cast pet! The script calls for a betta fish onstage, and rather than have an empty bowl with some plants in the hopes that the audience doesn't realize there's no fish in it, we have an actual fish.

His name is Jessica Simpson (don't ask).

He lives in his bowl on my table in the rehearsal room and keeps me company during those long periods in rehearsal where the actors and the director are discussing silly things like "character" and "motivation" and I don't have anything to take notes about.

Most of the time he's pretty chill. Sometimes, though, with no warning, he will FLIP OUT and fan his fins out and start swimming around like crazy and bang into the glass.

Every cast should have a pet. It's nice.