Playwrights Who Direct

Playwright John Kolvenbach has directed his own play Stand Up If You're Here Tonight in productions in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Paris, and now the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and he discusses how putting the play on its feet on the stage helps complete his work of writing it on the page. John shares how directing your own play isn’t for everyone; how much of it is simply being a control freak; how much directing the script helps the writing process; how, to quote Edward Albee, one’s play is never as good as one’s idea of the play; how this play is fascinatingly (and maddeningly) hard to describe; how one must embrace the quality of madness in one’s writing; how your audience will tell you what your play is; and whether it’s possible to write like a director or direct like an actor. ALSO: an unexpected – and perfectly timed – crash of recycled bottles! (Length 19:53) The post Playwrights Who Direct appeared first on Reduced Shakespeare Company.