Write Club Dissects Itself (Part II)
Part II of our series is an interview with Mr. Peter Macklin. Enjoy!
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Peter Macklin
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Where are you from?
Brooklyn, N.Y.
How do you think your upbringing shaped you artistically?
Growing up in New York City provided me with fantastic outlets to really concentrate on my passions from an early age. I also grew up in an artistic family whose love supported me in my artistic and personal endeavors.
Did you study theater/writing? Where?
I went to Performing Arts H.S., Carnegie Mellon University and Hunter College (where I studied playwriting with Tina Howe) for my BA, and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival for my MFA in Acting.
What are you working on right now?
I recently finished my new play, A Different Time, and am starting to write my next play. And as an actor the next thing up is the screening of a film I did called Horizon.
What playwrights inspire you?
Without a doubt Shakespeare, I adore Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, John Leguizamo, Martin McDonagh and Carey Crim. There are many more.
If you were stranded on a desert island with one book, one play, one magazine, and received one newspaper what would they be?
Ok, I'm going to cheat here, so sue me. The one book would be The Complete Works of Shakespeare. In the play category (because the first was a book!) I'll take Death of a Salesman. For newspaper and magazine I'll take The New York Times and the obvious choice would be American Theatre but I don't want to be THAT much of a theatre nerd so I'll take O ;-)
Who are your favorite directors?
Joe Mantello, Trevor Nunn, John Crowley, Leigh Silverman, Kent Thompson, Jane Page,etc.
What is the best play have ever seen?
Not About Nightingales at Circle in the Square in 1999.
How do you see American and International theater changing and growing in the 21st Century?
Well, with growing technologies and humanity getting more and more distant from themselves and each other my hope is that theater can bring people back to themselves and to realize the value of the other instead of demonizing anything different. What I see happening, at least in this early part of the 21st century, is that we as people tend to think we are very advanced but, I think in actuality, we are stuck in a cyclical pattern of moving ahead and then taking steps back. What I want theatre to do is to help us move on past the steps taken back due to fear and march on with open hearts into the future--because theater is, at its essence, a celebration of humanity.
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Peter Macklin
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Where are you from?
Brooklyn, N.Y.
How do you think your upbringing shaped you artistically?
Growing up in New York City provided me with fantastic outlets to really concentrate on my passions from an early age. I also grew up in an artistic family whose love supported me in my artistic and personal endeavors.
Did you study theater/writing? Where?
I went to Performing Arts H.S., Carnegie Mellon University and Hunter College (where I studied playwriting with Tina Howe) for my BA, and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival for my MFA in Acting.
What are you working on right now?
I recently finished my new play, A Different Time, and am starting to write my next play. And as an actor the next thing up is the screening of a film I did called Horizon.
What playwrights inspire you?
Without a doubt Shakespeare, I adore Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, John Leguizamo, Martin McDonagh and Carey Crim. There are many more.
If you were stranded on a desert island with one book, one play, one magazine, and received one newspaper what would they be?
Ok, I'm going to cheat here, so sue me. The one book would be The Complete Works of Shakespeare. In the play category (because the first was a book!) I'll take Death of a Salesman. For newspaper and magazine I'll take The New York Times and the obvious choice would be American Theatre but I don't want to be THAT much of a theatre nerd so I'll take O ;-)
Who are your favorite directors?
Joe Mantello, Trevor Nunn, John Crowley, Leigh Silverman, Kent Thompson, Jane Page,etc.
What is the best play have ever seen?
Not About Nightingales at Circle in the Square in 1999.
How do you see American and International theater changing and growing in the 21st Century?
Well, with growing technologies and humanity getting more and more distant from themselves and each other my hope is that theater can bring people back to themselves and to realize the value of the other instead of demonizing anything different. What I see happening, at least in this early part of the 21st century, is that we as people tend to think we are very advanced but, I think in actuality, we are stuck in a cyclical pattern of moving ahead and then taking steps back. What I want theatre to do is to help us move on past the steps taken back due to fear and march on with open hearts into the future--because theater is, at its essence, a celebration of humanity.
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