Adam Rapp
Adam Rapp
Adam Rappis an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play, Red Light Winter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth15 June 1968
CountryUnited States of America
writing different world
When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused. But when I'm writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I'm just impossible to get in touch with, and I don't spend time with friends.
ideas sometimes stage-managers
Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.
winning ideas rooms
The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.
drinking years hamburgers
I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.
party thinking helping
I've never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.
cutting clothes hair
I've never really felt that I've had the right hair cut, or had the right clothes.
years lasts ive-learned
What I've learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.
thinking authorship working-it
I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.
together rooms actors
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.
thinking play littles
I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.
couple rooms actors
When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.
actors designer
I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.
matter hats directors
I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter.
couple writing games
I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.