Adam Rapp
Adam Rapp
Adam Rappis an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play, Red Light Winter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth15 June 1968
CountryUnited States of America
fighting thinking play
I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".
brother thinking saws
I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.
thinking play littles
I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
thinking authorship working-it
I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.
jobs hate thinking
I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren't going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.
thinking play appreciate
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature. I've written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it's important for people to know that theatre is vital. Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town. Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It's killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
thinking compassion years
I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.
thinking village east
I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.
party thinking helping
I've never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.
couple writing games
I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.
rooms directors type
I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.
ideas directors stealing
I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
writing
When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.
fun laughing rehearsal
Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing.