Scott Stephen Kegler
Hometown: Mansfield, CT
Current Town: Willimantic, CT
Q: Tell me about your play Chestnut Street Playhouse is planning to present.
A: A full-length comedic play, "Whacked" follows the life of Jack Murphy, whose wife walks in on a private moment and makes an embarrassing discovery the night before Thanksgiving. The next day, all the in-laws come to celebrate and promptly notice something is not quite right in the Murphy's little love nest, so they decide to play the parental guessing game.
Q: What else are you working on now?
A: Right now I have two shows in the stage reading step in their development. But I try to keep busy with one act festivals, and my commedia dell arte troupe.
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
A: I have always been a story teller (aka liar), but I was in high school when I realized my favorite way to spin a narrative was through dialogue for the stage or screen. I remember my first attempt was a screenplay when I was seventeen. I was sitting alone in a computer lab, and the lights were all off. I was swooping through the story, and flushing out all this banter. I was convinced I was writing the great American story! Regardless, of how bad it was...it solidified my medium.
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: I would seriously change how this country funds theater. We are so far back in the line compared to other nations, that it is simply tragic.
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: The artist who had the greatest influence on me, with whom I had the honor of working, was Larry Hunt. I already had a strong passion for commedia when I met him, but he really taught me the "religion" of farce, mask world, character archetypes and most importantly how to laugh.
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: New and original work. I get bored with seeing rehashed classics. I mean, I really think you need to spend time with these works as you study. But at a certain point you need to commit yourself to creating something new. I think it is so much more empowering for a director or actor to be the first to make a mark on a piece.
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
A: Never assume you are done with anything, and don't be fooled into thinking you have found perfection. I always find myself in shock when reading a piece of mine from 10 years ago.
Q: Plugs, please:
Q: Plugs, please:
A: Please check out a copy of my play WHACKED on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/WHACKED-Scott-Stephen-Kegler/dp/1605132519 , or find my commedia group, Commedia Mania, on facebook!
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