James Sherrill, who currently appears as Richmond in WSF’s production of Richard III, shared this charming moment with an audience member after last night’s show:

Best Donation… Ever. 

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I was the last one to come out from backstage on opening night of Richard III. I grabbed my donation bucket and started wandering through the dwindling crowd, trying to catch eyes and thank them for coming to the show.

I was talking with someone when a little girl, no more than eight or so, walked up and tried to put a coin in my bucket. She missed, and the coin fell into the grass.

I kneeled down and we spent a few moments looking in vain for her coin, which I assumed had come from her parents. After a little while, I told the little pigtailed cutie that I would come back and find it later. She would have none of that. She said, “I’ll give you another one”, and pulled a little coinpurse from her pocket, pulled a shiny dime out of her own allowance, and dropped it in my bucket.

She tried to walk away after that, but I asked her if she’d like a hug. She must have heard my heart crying out, because she agreed.

Sorry, Woodward. You’re not getting this dime.