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May 24th, 2008Blog0 comments

TC 2008: We had a really great opening last night. I couldn’t enjoy it as much because I’ve got a hard deadline coming up. I was actually putting in pages at the theater on my laptop — until it got too hot for my lap.

I can usually write anywhere due to the magic of earplugs. But at bare minimum I need a chair and a table. When I’m in the phase of actually putting pages into the computer, I have an outline and a notebook with me for working stuff out. Everything has to be on the same surface for easy reference.

When you have a small army of people getting ready for a show in an equally small theater, there’s no space to work. Needing to work and not being able to really tires me out.

BUT it was good. The more I see this show the more I like it.

What was really heartening to me is that several people who have family members with Autism have come to see the show and said that they identify strongly with Please Stand By. There was a lady there last night who works with kids with Autism and she said that the portrayal is dead-on.

That makes me happy. A lot of this is attributable to the acting which is really excellent. On my side of things I do a lot of research — authenticity is important to me. Detail provides a lot of weight when you write, and knowing something well allows you to have confidence in what you’re creating. Giving actors solid stuff to work with is my job, so hearing stuff like that is really great.