Kate Attwell
Hometown: London, UK
Current Town: Brooklyn, NY
Q: Tell me about your play in the EST Marathon.
A: Jesus in Manhattan - I guess what feels most important to me to say, is that I want to investigate the notion of radical love, and what that could really mean for the world.
Q: What else are you working on now?
A: I have a premiere of my play, Testmatch, coming up at A.C.T. in the fall directed by Pam McKinnon, so there's that. Then I'm working on a musical that's a mashup of a recent news story and Medea, and a new play about the female characters from an old play trying to get vengeance for what happened to them, and another one about bears.
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: I think I'd want to change the way we think about audience. I worry sometimes about the tendency of theatre and theatre companies to turn inward. To be a little clique-y. I also worry about ticket prices. Always and a lot.
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: I think Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment toppled what I had thought theatre could be, at a young moment when I really needed that to happen. There's a liveness and a playful politics to their work that makes me understand presence in an emotional way, and that I still return to. Then there's Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. I think I'm drawn to anything that teases the distinction between the stage and the world; that plays with the falseness of it all.
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: Any theatre that makes you want to rush and tell someone what JUST HAPPENED.
Q: What else are you working on now?
A: I have a premiere of my play, Testmatch, coming up at A.C.T. in the fall directed by Pam McKinnon, so there's that. Then I'm working on a musical that's a mashup of a recent news story and Medea, and a new play about the female characters from an old play trying to get vengeance for what happened to them, and another one about bears.
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: I think I'd want to change the way we think about audience. I worry sometimes about the tendency of theatre and theatre companies to turn inward. To be a little clique-y. I also worry about ticket prices. Always and a lot.
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: I think Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment toppled what I had thought theatre could be, at a young moment when I really needed that to happen. There's a liveness and a playful politics to their work that makes me understand presence in an emotional way, and that I still return to. Then there's Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. I think I'm drawn to anything that teases the distinction between the stage and the world; that plays with the falseness of it all.
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: Any theatre that makes you want to rush and tell someone what JUST HAPPENED.
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Kate Attwell is my favourite personality due to unshakable confidence and appreciates works. Her beauty attracts the people and her beautiful eyes recall the power of nature. She is a great playwright and enlarges us with good information. When we read her, we feel that she is reflecting the reality with words. Assignment Writing Service
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