As the due date for both the book I am
ploughing through from the library and my twins rapidly approach, I
am trying to stay on course with research for my play. The holocaust
is not exactly the best reading for an expectant mother, but
considering that the play I am working with deals with children on a
very specific level, maybe this the best time to do this reading and
this work.
Regardless of why I am here, I am here,
and I am getting down to the last two chapters of Staging theHolocaust: The Shoah in Drama and Performance. This book has been a
godsend. I have learned about plays and writers I never knew existed,
one at least of which I actually have in a Holocaust Theatre
anthology I picked up somewhere along the way.
Here's the problem (which is a nice
problem to have, actually): I cannot stop finding plays and writers
to read through this book, all of which I want to see performed (or
just simply direct myself). This is a huge undertaking, and there's a
nagging voice in the back of my head saying, hey! You're supposed to
be writing your own play about the Holocaust, not dredging up
old plays and directing them.
But so many of these plays are just so
fascinating. Loads of them were written directly by survivors, giving
them an extra something that would just be amazing to see staged. But
then I think about how little experience I have directing. But then I
think of how much experience I have had directing and how much Greg
has encouraged me to take that leap into the directing seat. Perhaps
right before having twins and taking a sabbatical from local theatre
is not the best time to discover these plays, but maybe it might be
the best time ever.
So I am still working on the play, I
just might be taking a longer detour to get there than I thought.
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