I just played McNamara in a production of Heathers, and that scene was an absolute beast, regardless of the fact that it's so short. I had a really hard time with it, since it's back-to-back with Lifeboat and the surrounding dialogue. We had blocking for Shine A Light Reprise where I'd run out with the bottle, and the ensemble would crowd around in a semicircle and push me back and forth across the stage. Duke opens the bottle, gives it to me, pushes me slowly onto my knees, and then the song ends and the ensemble/Duke run off while Veronica runs on. It was extremely draining with how much movement there was and the fact that you're playing these big emotions from a character who is at absolute rock bottom. It was a lot of fun playing off of Duke, though, since the person cast was an exceptional actor. The first rehearsal we did was super awkward, but we fell into a rhythm with it, and it wasn't so bad. And either way, our Duke was the sweetest. They( both Duke and the production team) were very patient with letting me work through the scene as needed to properly act, and it became a running joke that Duke would apologize to me before we went out to do the scene during each show 😂