Mom. Playwright.

Well actually, in this case it’s “Date Day“. Feed your muse and your relationship–grab your loved one and go!

Horizon Theatre has added an additional Saturday matinee performance of The Clean House, by mom playwright Sarah Ruhl. So if you didn’t get tickets before, or you’d like to see it again, here’s your last chance: Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:00 p.m. $20 (plus tax). 

Buy your tickets now, as seats are selling as we “speak”.

For more on Ms. Ruhl and her mom. playwright. story, check out a feature from The New Yorker here.

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(photo credit: Julio Grinblatt)

I happened upon this archived pearl. It’s from a 2006 interview by Theatermania with mom playwright Diana Son, as she discussed the world premiere of her play, Satellites.

“My early plays were much more fantastical and adhered more closely to ideas that I developed when I was a young dramatic literature student at NYU. I was very heavily influenced by Brecht and other European writers — but, at some point, I began to feel that I was spending too much time trying not to tell the story I was telling. So I just decided to tell the story.”

Just tell the story. I appreciate this, as I sometimes struggle with writing the story that I think wants to be heard as opposed to the one that needs to be told.

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Imagine:

You, an aspiring playwright, want another baby. Your husband, concerned about the family’s already challenging financial state, makes a deal with you: write a play and sell it, and he’ll work with you on that second child.

You do, and he makes good on his offer. You have a daughter. Alongside your playwriting career, you raise this girl who grows into an Academy Award-nominated actress, and later stars in a film based on a screenplay you’ve written.

This happened to Sharman Macdonald, playwright and mother of Keira Knightley. An inspiring account of her mom. playwright. story is here, and the trailer for The Edge of Love is below.

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“Writing is better than acting. You get to use your words, you don’t have to be there eight times a week, and I can guarantee you this moment beats the hell out of auditioning for Jag.”

-Tracy Letts, playwright, in his Tony Award acceptance speech for August: Osage County, after winning Best Play, June 15, 2008

Well, no, he’s not a mom, but I offer my congratulations for his work being recognized last night with this trememdous honor.

I concur with writing’s appeal when it comes to not having to be there eight times a week. How about you?

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With this momentous first post, I want to share with you this video interview with Stefanie Cloutier and Lisa Rafferty (Sheila Eppolito did not appear), the kindred spirits behind The MOMologues. Hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. All together now, “It’s not just me! It’s not just me!”

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