It’s official. I think I’m a writer. Today I have my second performance/stage reading of my play “Kingdom Borrowed: A Tragedy.” It’s really exciting. My actors are fabulous, and the director is so talented. (The director is a High School History, Religion, and Drama teacher, who should be directing professionally in the city.) I am so grateful to have this incredible production. I have had to work my ass off for this crew though. I have felt like I need to concentrate everything I am on this reading, even though I have 17 credits of classes this quarter and have been letting that lapse for this reading. Between the first reading last week and my reading this week, I rewrote an entire character, and added a completely new ending. It’s really crazy. At this point I am more concerned about the actors and the show today than I am concerned about my script. I hope they do well today.
My play is about the Tragedy of the Biblical figure of King Saul. The story comes from the book of 1st Samuel. Now, I will warn you, this is no church skit. This is a real life living breathing absurdest modernist Shakespearean tragedy. 1st Samuel has an incredibly tragic character in the representation of King Saul. Of course I am challenging the entire judeo-christian reading of the book, but it’s been very fun to challenge my overtly christian audience to rethink the story. Instead of focusing on David, we should think about the supressed and marginalized characters.
It’s really nerve wracking today. My family is coming up. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt, Couzin. It’s going to be crazy. A couple of girls i’m interested in are coming to see my work too. Which is just as scary. Consider me a nervous wreck.
I need to go help copy programs and fold them. Maybe it will keep me from throwing up out of nervousness.
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