“I don't know where the characters are going to go or what's going to happen. I know that something inevitable will happen. I know that they want certain things and they're in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that. More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens. I don't know if I have the ability to write an ending like My Fair Lady's, when everyone gets what they want after a few minor conflicts. If I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I'd have someone enter with a machine gun.” IfsKnowsWantWritingLooksCharacterHappensCertainAbilityRoomsConflictGunFairsMachinesSmellInevitableMinorsCreepsEntropyMachine GunsMy Fair Lady Author:Adam Rapp
“One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.” PeopleWantWritingPlayTogetherRoomsExcuseTricksHardestTension Author:Adam Rapp
“I don't put big concepts on my work, and it's all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting them leave.” BigsTogetherActorsRoomsConcepts Author:Adam Rapp
“When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.” FeelsActorsRoomsCoupleScene Author:Adam Rapp
“The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.” IdeasWinningRoomsDemocratic Author:Adam Rapp
“I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.” RoomsTypeDirectors Author:Adam Rapp
