I've been using this blog as a workspace and my new home site to announce achievement things, but since this particular achievement came out of this blog, I thought it fitting to post this here.
Yesterday, I (and my mother and sister, and my girlfriend, and her parents, and several of our close friends... so I like the attention, what of it?) watched the world premiere of THE INTERVIEW, which is the play that came out of Week Seven's exercise.
I'm not sure I have words to express this, except that it was an incredible experience. The performance was a perfect collaboration between everyone involved—the director, Bridge Rep of Boston's Olivia D'Ambrosio, and the actors, Deborah Martin and Adam Lauver. (Also I helped a little, but they did the heavy lifting required to make a script into a play.) We got some huge laughs, and I think the poignant moment at the end really hit with the audience. And then it was over, and everyone congratulated me, and I was officially a playwright.
The stated purpose of this blog was to get me writing again, and though my output has often been... let us say "sporadic"... I finally do think of myself as a writer now. A large part of that is you all—everyone who has read, "Liked," and commented on my words.
I'm excited to start work on the next piece, whatever that might be.
Perhaps Week Fifteen...?