I've been having a fantastic conversation about the role of familiarity in overcoming barriers between people and cultures. Naturally, my thoughts turned to theatre as I mulled this over.
My friend defines familiarity as knowing someone so well that there is no longer a need to question who that person is. You simply accept them. As I look back over some of the greatest, most powerful characters that have walked the boards, this concept resonates well. We've all had heroes, villians, and, best of all, ordinary people that have come into our lives through the vehicle of the stage that have become familiar to us.
How do you feel about those characters? How do you feel about the people that they represent? Can spending an hour or two in the audience of a play allow us to accept those people when we walk into the real world?
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An exploration of how to link playwrights and producers of new plays and musicals together. Expansion of the cultural dialogue, here in America and abroad, can only be enriched by the development of new voices in that discussion.
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