All me, all the time

Interviewed by trowa_barton.

(1) What was your most memorable experience while living in London?

Oh gosh. Impossible question to answer--we had a lot of amazing experiences and I have a very good memory. Highlights include climbing Big Ben and being at the top when the bells rang the quarter-hour; an hysterical tour of Highgate Village with a woman brought to tears by the very thought of John Constable; the night we met muffyjo; seeing the entire History Cycle (Richard II thru Richard III) at the RSC; and watching foxes cavort in the back garden at dusk.

(2) What was your first theater production either on stage or behind the scenes?

Well, I was the Narrator of the school's holiday show when I was six.

When I was eight I organized the kids from my third-grade class to perform an updated version of The Night Before Christmas that I had written. That's the one that really feels like the first, possibly because it's the first time I had to work very hard at theatre.

(3) Was there a place that you swore never to visit again in your travels?

Coimbra, in Portugal. Not its fault, but it was a bad place for me.

(4) What was the most difficult about directing a theater production?

Logistical nightmares. I keep striving toward the point that I don't have to be involved in every decision, every crisis, every strategy. I'm getting there, but it's still a matter of juggling twenty-seven different balls.

As far as the actual directing goes, I don't think there's anything about rehearsing a play with a cast that I don't enjoy. It can sometimes be mutually frustrating when I'm failing to communicate to an actor how I'd like to see them try something, but that's just a matter of honing my skills.

(5) Where in the world would you like to visit next?

Australia and New Zealand. We were supposed to go last year, but that fell through. This spring we're probably going to Iceland, if the plan comes together.

All me, all the time

Interviewed by trowa_barton.

(1) What was your most memorable experience while living in London?

Oh gosh. Impossible question to answer--we had a lot of amazing experiences and I have a very good memory. Highlights include climbing Big Ben and being at the top when the bells rang the quarter-hour; an hysterical tour of Highgate Village with a woman brought to tears by the very thought of John Constable; the night we met muffyjo; seeing the entire History Cycle (Richard II thru Richard III) at the RSC; and watching foxes cavort in the back garden at dusk.

(2) What was your first theater production either on stage or behind the scenes?

Well, I was the Narrator of the school's holiday show when I was six.

When I was eight I organized the kids from my third-grade class to perform an updated version of The Night Before Christmas that I had written. That's the one that really feels like the first, possibly because it's the first time I had to work very hard at theatre.

(3) Was there a place that you swore never to visit again in your travels?

Coimbra, in Portugal. Not its fault, but it was a bad place for me.

(4) What was the most difficult about directing a theater production?

Logistical nightmares. I keep striving toward the point that I don't have to be involved in every decision, every crisis, every strategy. I'm getting there, but it's still a matter of juggling twenty-seven different balls.

As far as the actual directing goes, I don't think there's anything about rehearsing a play with a cast that I don't enjoy. It can sometimes be mutually frustrating when I'm failing to communicate to an actor how I'd like to see them try something, but that's just a matter of honing my skills.

(5) Where in the world would you like to visit next?

Australia and New Zealand. We were supposed to go last year, but that fell through. This spring we're probably going to Iceland, if the plan comes together.