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...FM: Recently you won the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, does it come with any cool perks? CME: There is a cash prize which was really nice. And I got a little wooden plaque that I could put on my wall too. Like a tennis trophy...
...FM: What is the secret to writing a really great play? CME: Well, I think the key is imagining the world before you put it on the stage. Really spend time imagining the world and then grappling with some type of burning question—something that hurts you or makes you curious or really pulls at you—that needs to be answered in theatrical form. I think one of my favorite sayings is “Write what you don’t know about what you know.” I really like that because there...
...FM: What is it like to watch your plays being performed? CME: It ranges from hellish to wonderful, depending on the context. It’s very joyous when you have a really good collaboration with the director and cast, and then it’s an amazing thing to see the play coming to life. When it can be very painful is when the production is fighting with the play’s style and rhythm. It’s all about what marriage you have, whether you have a good partnership with the company producing...
...FM: If you could have any director direct one of your plays who would be it? CME: Off the top of my head, I think Les Waters is a really wonderful director...
...FM: Have you ever written for the silver screen? Is it something you want to explore further? CME: I have written some, but I haven’t had anything produced yet. I have done a lot of script readings but my background is more strongly in drama. [...] It is a form I am really fascinated by and it shares so many qualities with playwriting. Each form helps me to think in the other one. The tools you need for dramatic writing cross over between the media, but the actual media is very different. You have to think in images...