Why I Love Writing Plays #30: CONNECTION
I just came out of a production meeting for CURRENCY EXCHANGE (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/currency-exchange-tickets-480619183917) with our producer and the other playwrights from around the world (NYC, PHL, and AUS) and the number one thing I got from our interaction was CONNECTION. We talked about our pieces and “helpfully” critiqued them as FILIPINA/O PLAYWRIGHTS. I’ve been so fortunate to have this experience with my home company, but it just feels different with other writers from different parts of the world because even if we don’t interact daily, WE knew how to help each other out as playwrights! We each knew the “buzzwords” (i.e. conflict, character, dialogue, etc) to use and felt the critiques, for lack of a better word, came from a different place. A place of connection… hmph… a place of Kapwa.
Pictured: the kind theatremakers of Currency Exchange in a Zoom window.