In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever.
ADAM RAPPI think I’m a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
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My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
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I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.
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I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes,
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Ice congeals in the stomach. Frost spiderwebs in the lungs.
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Snow settles in the liver. The bowels grow thick with humidity.
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My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it’s always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.
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I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn’t matter.
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The heart fills with warm rain that turns to mist and evaporates through a colder artery.
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There’s something exciting about that free fall, but then my life gets really screwed up.
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It’s been hard for me to not write, and that’s the only process I can speak to I guess, it’s so compulsive and I need to do it all the time that sometimes I make myself not do it so I can actually tend to my life.
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Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It’s killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
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I’ve never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.
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For some reason it made me want to curl up in the fetal position. I could have slept right there on their kitchen table.
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So I started to think like, “well if I’m going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct”.
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I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused.
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