RAOVIA?
So one thing that I didn't know was that you (Janis) also wrote the play Random Acts of Violence in America, which I was also in. Are there any relation to the two plays youre working on and RAOVIA? Maybe in the approach you took in writing them oreven a message?
posted by LastVegas @ 9:28 PM
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Ah, yes. It's a small world. Especially in theatre. Random Acts of Violence in America was actually what lead to my collaboration with you all on Rain and now this play. But the plays are very different and were written very differently.
Actually, I didn't write RAOVIA to be a play for young actors at all (as you could probably tell... it would never be allowed in schools, american ones especially). But there was the parade scene and because I was so pumped from the work I was doing with the Chicago students on the first Rain, Steve and I got to talking about how cool it would be to collaborate with students on RAOVIA... so that's what we did. But that play I wrote from my own twisted brain without inspiration from anyone specific and then you guys created your own parade... I didn't have any idea what you were up to until I saw it, which was very exciting.
For Rain and now for this play, I'm starting from the very beginning by collaborating with you and trying to incorporate your ideas and voices into the play. Instead of making up some random characters, I hear your voices and picture variations and combinations of you and then I feel very connected to and invested in the characters.
I really enjoy this process of writing... it's about community from the very beginning and it shows in the final play -- Rain had life in it... life that most plays don't have. Essentially -- it's about people, not characters. And plot comes in last... people are always more interesting than the stories they tell (because there's a universe in each person...)
I think that answers your questions... and hopefully inspires you to keep writing lots on here!
Are you writing a play "from [your] own twisted brain" right now too or just this one? Will you tell us about them when they come up. I've never read any of your plays before (well except for rain)and i'm interested.
yes, i'm writing some other things now too... or at least thinking about them. one play i've been working on for three years now. it takes place in a dream world and that's a pretty difficult thing to grasp. but most of my brain is taken up with this play because i want to share it with all of you guys as soon as possible.
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