Unlimited 365 Days/365 Plays - by Suzan-Lori Parks - 365 Days/365 Plays, Days Plays Suzan Lori Parks is one of the most important dramatists America has produced Tony Kushner The plan was that no matter what I did how busy I was what other commitments I had I would write a play a
- Title: 365 Days/365 Plays
- Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
- ISBN: 9781559362863
- Page: 247
- Format: Paperback
Unlimited 365 Days/365 Plays - by Suzan-Lori Parks, 365 Days/365 Plays, Suzan-Lori Parks, Days Plays Suzan Lori Parks is one of the most important dramatists America has produced Tony Kushner The plan was that no matter what I did how busy I was what other commitments I had I would write a play a day every single day for a year It would be about being present and being committed to the artistic process every single day regardless of the weather It became a da Suzan Lori Pa Unlimited 365 Days/365 Plays - by Suzan-Lori Parks - 365 Days/365 Plays, Days Plays Suzan Lori Parks is one of the most important dramatists America has produced Tony Kushner The plan was that no matter what I did how busy I was what other commitments I had I would write a play a
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My bias I directed Proust s Cookie back when my university had the honor of securing a week The concept of writing a play per day is daunting, so I don t penalize SLP for turning out a few huh plays I love this book , and I turn to some of my highlighted favorites every now and then, and design productions in my head It s refreshing Approach this book of plays with theatre in mind, not just as a read It will help Side note if I were marooned on an island, and five paperbacks came along, this wou [...]
Extremely hit and miss, emphasis on miss.The writing is lazy and many of the ideas simply set themselves up and go nowhere There is so much good, short form theater out there neo futurists anyone While I admire the task she has undertaken, I feel like she did the bare minimum to complete it There are long stretches where the plays just feel like journaling unedited, unrevised and uninteresting doodles that any writer will recognize I was sometimes inspired to figure out staging that would impro [...]
In writing 365 plays they aren t all going to be winners Taking them separately, some are thoroughly forgettable, but some are incredibly poignant and fantastic.Taken together though, they make up an interesting tapestry of Mrs Park s preoccupations Certain images reappear again and again Lincoln, ants, Soldiers, etc and serve as a guide to what is on her mind these days Taking all the plays together creates a surreal novel about people striving to matter in a time where men are turned into indi [...]
So, from the past reviwes I ve read on this book, I m a bit surprised at the level of unappreciation for Suzan Lori Park s 365 plays 365 days on good reads I just finished it this morning and although there were some parts of the play where i felt the need to skip sections, I found the book pretty satisfactory Definitely unconventional, what I just read were plays in one single play Now this was another confusing aspect of the play too, differentiating the ddifference between a play a scene A lo [...]
My company Akropolis Performance Lab produced Week 2 in Seattle The plays are generally ok Some are brilliant, but overall I question whether anyone besides SLP could get these published So many people marvel that she was able to accomplish the task she set for herself write a new 1 5 pg play every day for one full year , but really it s just discipline Having freed herself from the burden of having to write a great short play everyday she allowed for several good plays and many mediocre ones Th [...]
Incredible accomplishment, and a great read I saw Parks speak last month and she was very inspiring.The project is basically what it says it is, a play a day every day for a year Some are interconnected, some are one offs, some are simple and funny, some are obscure and meaningful, some are vaudevillian two handers and some are mind bogglingly impractical to consider staging There seem to be some recurring themes but I won t bother going into that here suffice to say, if you see a local theatre [...]
Yes, this is a collection of plays, skits, theatrical ideas and dumbshows, but than that, it s a one of a kind artist s diary, a daily ledger of Parks preoccupations war, gender, race, Abraham Lincoln, power dynamics as well as how things like national holidays, the news, personal events, friends, and celebrities inform, reform and deform our thinking and thereby the creative process I m planning on reading this again in the future, just one play per day, but this time around, I couldn t stop m [...]
This was the book that inspired me to write a short or flash fiction piece a day for a year There are a lot of great pieces throughout this book that are inspiring or thought provoking Definitely enjoyed reading this book and seeing such dedication to the craft I thank her for the inspiration this gave me and hope it inspires someone else the same Worth the read if you enjoy plays or are a writer of any kind.
This is brilliant bathroom reading yeah, they re not all pulitzer prize winning pieces Some of them may not even be plays at all But it s an inspirational testament to applying discipline to the creative process Eventually, I really burned out on these When it s less than 1 page, maybe it really isn t a play.
Oh Suzan Lori Parks, I hugged you once and wish I could hug you every day because I love the art you create Thank you for embracing this wild idea and sharing it with us all.We re staging the Father Comes Home from the War series in my Acting III class Love.
The art of writing under time compression, is that you never get as much out of it as you hope you will It is simply an exercise to build in this case mental muscle.She still only gets to explore a handful of themes that might be concentrated better into one larger work.
fascinating, hilarious, intriguing, challenging great way to pass the time and possibly become a better human.
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The concept is intriguing and works both in favor and against the book That said, there are a few real gems in there.