CMU School of Drama


Monday, February 07, 2011

Witty double feature looks inward

The Pitt News: "Narration is the silent workhorse of storytelling. Although it usually goes unnoticed, it is both the mediator and most important character in a story. Narration controls how we receive the sequence of the story, what information is available to us and how we will perceive characters and events. While narration is usually content with its humble background role, sometimes it takes on too much flair to be ignored. That is the case in both plays currently being offered as a two-fer by Pitt Repertory Theatre. “Authorial Intent” and “The Well of Horniness” are plays that derive their value not from their content but from the forms in which they reach us.

1 comment:

Elize said...

I saw a new Itamar Moses play in Boston (I think) a few years ago. He is so smart, I was completely blown away. I would love to see another of his pieces. This authors description of how he writes is spot on. In the other piece I saw of his he used repetition and absurdism to make your mind naturally come to seemingly ridiculous conclusions on it's own. I plan to try to see this.