Rehearsing in Washington, D.C.

By Photo courtesy of JESSICA HUANG

May 5, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT

Mauricio Salgado, left, reads stage directions while Susan Lynskey and James Konicek rehearse "Mermaids" in a dressing room at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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