Finally got my Suzan Lori Parks/365 Plays Fix!
Well here I am the drama kid seeking drama - and I found it!
Yesterday, Sundary November 11th I finally got a chance to see 365 Plays
by Suzan Lori Parks here in New York at The Public Theater. And would you believe
it was FREE! Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find. I lived by it yesterday and it was great! I did arrive a few minutes late. The audience was laughing in an uproar. There must've been about 30 or so actors on the stage, all performing Parks' "Om" or "Ohm" play from 365 Days/365 Plays. The entire performance was about 1 hour. The funniest though was when one of the actors came out and addressed us, the audience to say "Thank you for coming to see 365 Plays, we have the playwright in the house to answer your questions..." The whole audience was aghast, it was something. It was like holding your breath and waiting to be told you're a lottery winner. We expected (secretly) that Suzan Lori Parks was coming out the stage, I know we would have giving her a standing ovation and perhaps rush the floor to hug her...well anyway it was weird because one of the female actors in the performance came out and sat in the "playwright's chair" as if getting ready to be interviewed, of course we all laughed. That's when we knew the joke was on us. For the next 15 min. the first actor asked questions of the "playwright" who was supposed to be playing Suzan Lori Parks, but the "playwright" kept changing. At first it was a male Asian actor, then a black woman with a bobbed hairstyle then a tall white actor with glasses - it was hilarious - the subtleties you. And they questions the first actor asked the "playwright" were all very funny, such as:
1) Did you ever cheat and skip a day (of writing 365 plays) and then double up and write 2 or more plays the next day? (The audience laughed)
2) What blogs do you read? (Very funny)
3) When are you able to do your laundry?
4) What is the one sound you just hate? (The playwright replied: "The sound of children playing, it's like 'can you give it a rest already?'" Truly hilarious)
Some of the scenes are hard to describe, but it was visually wonderful and there were 47 cast members in all. They weren't on the stage at the same time of course. Anyway I'm glad I finally dragged my behind to one of Parks' shows. It was food for my soul.
Yesterday, Sundary November 11th I finally got a chance to see 365 Plays
by Suzan Lori Parks here in New York at The Public Theater. And would you believe
it was FREE! Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find. I lived by it yesterday and it was great! I did arrive a few minutes late. The audience was laughing in an uproar. There must've been about 30 or so actors on the stage, all performing Parks' "Om" or "Ohm" play from 365 Days/365 Plays. The entire performance was about 1 hour. The funniest though was when one of the actors came out and addressed us, the audience to say "Thank you for coming to see 365 Plays, we have the playwright in the house to answer your questions..." The whole audience was aghast, it was something. It was like holding your breath and waiting to be told you're a lottery winner. We expected (secretly) that Suzan Lori Parks was coming out the stage, I know we would have giving her a standing ovation and perhaps rush the floor to hug her...well anyway it was weird because one of the female actors in the performance came out and sat in the "playwright's chair" as if getting ready to be interviewed, of course we all laughed. That's when we knew the joke was on us. For the next 15 min. the first actor asked questions of the "playwright" who was supposed to be playing Suzan Lori Parks, but the "playwright" kept changing. At first it was a male Asian actor, then a black woman with a bobbed hairstyle then a tall white actor with glasses - it was hilarious - the subtleties you. And they questions the first actor asked the "playwright" were all very funny, such as:
1) Did you ever cheat and skip a day (of writing 365 plays) and then double up and write 2 or more plays the next day? (The audience laughed)
2) What blogs do you read? (Very funny)
3) When are you able to do your laundry?
4) What is the one sound you just hate? (The playwright replied: "The sound of children playing, it's like 'can you give it a rest already?'" Truly hilarious)
Some of the scenes are hard to describe, but it was visually wonderful and there were 47 cast members in all. They weren't on the stage at the same time of course. Anyway I'm glad I finally dragged my behind to one of Parks' shows. It was food for my soul.
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