Another Sean
Posted by Sean Cooper on 10/18/2007It’s Sean. Not Graney. Cooper. Sean Cooper.
Who?
Exactly.
I’m an actor. And I’m working on a play at Steppenwolf. So I must be at least halfway decent. They won’t let just anyone come in here and walk around and say lines. Or write on their blog, for that matter. I mean, it’s Steppenwolf, they have a screening process.
So, the play is called Wedding Play, and it’s a Visiting Company Initiative production at Steppenwolf from About Face, another very highly respected theatre… like Steppenwolf for homosexuals. It’s a new play, a world premiere, written and directed by Eric Rosen, the Artistic Director of About Face. You’ve probably heard of him, right?
So how come you’ve never heard of me? Maybe you’re not seeing enough theatre. Or not seeing the right theatre. Did you see the 1997 production of Child’s Play on the 4th floor of the Preston Bradley Center at the corner of Lawrence and Sheridan? Well, I was in that. You would remember if you saw it, because there was a really scary elevator with dirty pink walls and a blinking fluorescent light that you had to ride to get to the theater.
Anyway, if you didn’t see that, or any of my other shows, (I’ve done, like 30), now is your chance to see me at Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf! I mean, my mom has heard of Steppenwolf!
What’s next? TV?
We start tech rehearsals tomorrow, which is blowing my mind, because most of us have been working on this play for a couple years now in the form of various workshops and staged readings, and to think that this deeply personal story, 30 plus years in the making in the mind of Eric Rosen, will now actually exist in reality, in front of an audience, I’m not sure what will be more interesting on opening night, watching the play, or watching Eric Rosen watch the play.
Talk to you after we open,
Sean Cooper