Below are some of our opening questions and comments from March 1st. This is reconstructed from memory so comments are welcome for addition and correction to this post - Kim Ward VT Playwrights Circle.
TWO QUESTIONS POSED TO THE PANEL
- Why write for theater? When you sit down to write a piece, what makes you say “This has to be up on its feet, in front of an audience?"
- "Why Produce Original Theater? What entices you about it?"
"I hear voices in my head, and the people are walking around and having conversations, so I have to write them down." David Budbill.
"My mother said I had ankles too thick to be an actor." Maura Campbell
"Because I wanted to make a lot of money
"The late Audrey Mixer, a devoted actress and Valley Player, left $1,000 to help fund new plays when she passed away. Since then - Gosh going on 16 years, now, The Valley Players have been holding their yearly Vermont Playwrights Award Contest." Sharon Kellerman
"I have to attribute my start to writing theater to Samuel Becket and Kim Bent." Dana Yeaton
"I started as a poet, and I find that the most beautiful thing I've ever seen is spoken poetry and dance staged together" Kim Ward
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I enjoy writing plays because the process stimulates my brain, enhances my well-being, and provides a creative outlet to grapple with sophisticated ideas.
I also find that playwriting allows an opportunity to edit the aural, the dialogue that I awake with and fall asleep to, transmitting that material to others.
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