Years in the Making
In realizing this current play, I’ve come to realize that there have been so many experiences along the way to help me write this.
When I studied in London, so many years ago, a sweet guy I met told me about La Mama once he heard I loved theatre. I wasn’t even writing plays at that point, I was writing short stories. But he obviously saw something in me that I didn’t yet see. He urged me to go and experience theatre there. Four years later, once I had written my first incarnation of this play in grad school, I went to La Mama to see a show that changed my idea of theatre.
About ten years later, I still remember that show. It opened my eyes to the many possibilities in theatre like: How physical it can be; How it can combine the theatrical and cinematic; How it can utilize technology and creativity to create an experience to remember.
Many people assume that I start writing when I sit down to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. The reality is, it takes years… and I’m still working on it, but it’s getting there.
–Sue
Add comment May 28th, 2010
