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
years lasts ive-learned
What I've learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.
girl dog years
I've been living in Portland for five months and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I probably won't really know for years because that's how it works right? You don't really develop feelings about a place till you've left it. It's like a girl or a dog.
years fifteen my-sister
Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
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.
drinking years hamburgers
I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.
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.
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".
ideas directors stealing
I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
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.
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.
people schedules answers
It's strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can't even answer it.
challenges pay bills
My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it's always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.