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...FM: What are you working on right now? CME: There is a new, baby play that I have just started. The working title is “Organ Failure” and it is a play about the international black market in organ transplantation. But I want to mix it up with fairy tales about lost and transformed body parts. That’s kind of all I can tell you about that at the moment...
...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...