Comments on: Ask Amy Morton http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Jessica Monarrez http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-162 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:34:09 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-162 I went to see Pillowman for my theatre class at DePaul University. I am doing a presentation about you. I would like to know if you can tell me what draws you to the material that you act on or direct? Also, what is your education background? Thank you I really appreciate you taking a few moments off you busy schedule. I went to see Pillowman for my theatre class at DePaul University. I am doing a presentation about you. I would like to know if you can tell me what draws you to the material that you act on or direct? Also, what is your education background? Thank you I really appreciate you taking a few moments off you busy schedule.

]]> by: Amy Morton http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-139 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:50:58 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-139 Ryan, I really couldn't tell you what McDonagh is trying to say in regard to legacy because, as is the case with many writers, he is loath to discuss his work. I can offer up one interpretation: The play, besides being about art, the responsibility of the artist, the responsibility of society to it's artists- is also about cycles of abuse. I think Ariel's preservation of the stories can be viewed as continuing that cycle. If these stories inspired an abused individual to violence then who's to say that in 50 years, when the stories come out of hiding, another damaged individual won't commit the same violence. It could be said that Ariel is metaphorically burying a bomb that is set to go off in 50 years. So then perhaps we aren't meant to care about the stories as "Art" but fear them. Now, I'm not even sure that interpretation is something I even thought about when directing the play but it certainly occurred to me watching it in previews. Ryan,

I really couldn’t tell you what McDonagh is trying to say in regard to legacy because, as is the case with many writers, he is loath to discuss his work. I can offer up one interpretation: The play, besides being about art, the responsibility of the artist, the responsibility of society to it’s artists- is also about cycles of abuse. I think Ariel’s preservation of the stories can be viewed as continuing that cycle. If these stories inspired an abused individual to violence then who’s to say that in 50 years, when the stories come out of hiding, another damaged individual won’t commit the same violence. It could be said that Ariel is metaphorically burying a bomb that is set to go off in 50 years. So then perhaps we aren’t meant to care about the stories as “Art” but fear them. Now, I’m not even sure that interpretation is something I even thought about when directing the play but it certainly occurred to me watching it in previews.

]]> by: Ryan Butts http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-138 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:21:30 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/09/29/ask-amy-morton/#comment-138 By the end of the play, Ariel keeps the stories in Katurian's file, rather than burn them. After Katurian's death, why should we, as audience members, care about the stories? What do you think McDonagh is trying to say about legacy, when surrounded by questionable circumstances? By the end of the play, Ariel keeps the stories in Katurian’s file, rather than burn them. After Katurian’s death, why should we, as audience members, care about the stories? What do you think McDonagh is trying to say about legacy, when surrounded by questionable circumstances?

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