Why I Love Writing Plays #8: TABLE-READS
Actors getting together to read a first draft of something I write is terrifying and really humbling. The last thing I want to do is get people together to help me out on a play and then having it be so bad that I wasted their time. That's one of the worst feelings. But at the same time, it's one of the most motivating things, ESPECIALLY when something gets green-lit for a production. What started out as me, to having 4-5 peeps around a table, to having an entire cast, creative team and crew, and extending that to audiences....! Oh, that's actually nerve-wracking come to think of it now. Uh... let's not dwell on that, but think about the amazing times spend at the very first moment on a play with other people.
Pictured: A table-read of my full-length, THE PERFECT AMERICAN. Closet it come to a production was a "on-your-feet" staged reading in Chicago for a festival.
