Since January? I didn't know until now?

[maeve66]

I am so sad. I was working on annoying bullshit work stuff (new super clunky "Learning Management System" designed for universities, forced on us in my district for high school, middle school (me) and ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...) and I had to go get a Zoom link from my work email so I could figure out some stuff with a teacher friend. In my inbox was an

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[villagecharm]

I'm so sorry. She sounds like she was a wonderful person.

[maeve66]

She was. And I keep thinking that I wish that so many of my friends had gotten to know her.

Also stunned

[anonymous]

I...was in touch with Beth until January 29. We had been writing to one another extensively for several months. She poured it all out. So much. I had known her for decades but we had never really talked until last Fall. She was everything you have written: she was a brilliant actress, which you probably have guessed but never had the chance to witness. My heart is with you. KLS

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[maeve66]

I so wish I'd seen her in ... well, anything. But Angels in America especially, since I'd already seen the whole play in Chicago -- in one day. It was intense. It was so funny how we overlapped with theater -- I mean, not in the sense that I've ever acted -- some chorus roles in high school were the apex of my ambitions, there. But in appreciating actors and theater and plays and playwrights.

[anonymous]

Thank you so much for this. I became Beths friend when we did plays together the 80's. We talked infrequently in the past few years because Beth was difficult to reach. When any one of her friends did see or talk to her we would all be so excited and question that person mercilessly. Beth was mysterious and reclusive. All calls or texts would usually go unanswered but it never mattered because eventually I would bump into her or connect for a chat and it was just like we were in our 20's again. She called me in Sept and we talked for hours like usual. She told me about her money situation and her fear she would never find another job. I was worried and called her a few more times trying to get her to come visit but she didn't text or call back. Stupidly I never dreamed this meant she was gone, just in her own usual private Beth place. I was devastated to hear this news. Everyone who knew Beth loved her. She never believed it but it was true. She was earthy and quirky. Hugely talented but humble. I wish she would have asked for help

[coconuthead]

Oh, what sad news. You have my deepest sympathy. Beth sounds like an incredible person.