We just got out of a three-hour-long fight rehearsal for the fight at the end of the play, where Lee and Hank beat each other up until all their angst from their childhood is released. The fight choreographer was talking about tension, and he said, “The first thing you have to do is relax the muscle before you can move it.” And I thought, well, that’s one of the truest things I’ve heard.

Also in this same fight, the director comments that Hank feels on safe ground in fights. There’s a certain relaxation in knowing that it’s familiar territory. Sure, his life is falling apart around him, but at least he has the fight.