Mateo Prendergast had never worked like this before. Show up on day one and there's no script yet?! Even the most fearful soon grasp the excitement and grow with the process! His words:
It’s been like being born again again; going through infantilism, toddlerhood, getting grown up teeth, being a teenager, and smacked into adulthood. Chaotic for sure; rewarding? YES.
It's a curious thing having a character written with the actor in mind. It's very much about perception--the writer's perception of the actor, the actor's self-perception, and then the three different views on the character (writer/director/actor). It's also like walking into a pick-up flag football game, or wandering into a jam session on open mic night in Burlington, VT. Everyone comes from a different background, a different school, speaking a different language, and you slowly, with grunts and gestures, develop a new hybrid language.
Being a part of a larger community also growing and challenging each other in the same way has been particularly fortifying. It has been a joy to watch the other plays develop.
Read an interview with BABYDADA playwright Katie Fabel here.
Meet more of the BABYDADA team here.
Find out more about Chaos Under Construction here.
Help feed the beast that is giving birth to five new plays this September here.
It's a curious thing having a character written with the actor in mind. It's very much about perception--the writer's perception of the actor, the actor's self-perception, and then the three different views on the character (writer/director/actor). It's also like walking into a pick-up flag football game, or wandering into a jam session on open mic night in Burlington, VT. Everyone comes from a different background, a different school, speaking a different language, and you slowly, with grunts and gestures, develop a new hybrid language.
Being a part of a larger community also growing and challenging each other in the same way has been particularly fortifying. It has been a joy to watch the other plays develop.
Read an interview with BABYDADA playwright Katie Fabel here.
Meet more of the BABYDADA team here.
Find out more about Chaos Under Construction here.
Help feed the beast that is giving birth to five new plays this September here.