Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Canadian Theatre: People WRITE Plays?!


Unngh.... so... tired.... need to... post.. entry.....


I have had quite the hectic/sleepless week. Though, I wouldn't want to change a moment of it.... unless I could add a few extra hours for sleep, that would be great. You think anyone would notice if I messed with our global concept of time? Maybe I could convince everyone that I need my own time zone. Yeah, that could work...

Horror of the Day: Having to explain to a woman at work that theatre IS a valid form of art and that there ARE people who write new plays. After telling her I applied for a playwright program in downtown Toronto, she asked, "Oh, so you'd be taking, like, a novel or a movie and makin' it into a play?"

No. No I would not. I would write a NEW piece. It is a seminar. A writing seminar. Where I would.... write.

I was met with a beige, office expression. "Oh. Well, see, that's somethin' I would never have heard about until you mentioned it. You never know what... opportunities there are until you go out and dig for them, you know what I'm sayin'? I mean, there are people who would have never heard about things like... like writing a play and now you applied to -- what was it, a seminar or somethin'? I mean, might as well try it once!"



I miss creative people.

And, on that note-- *Collapses into a pile of old clothes and blankets*

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