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
fun laughing rehearsal
Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing.
real book writing
Man, that's the only kind of book I like – one that's so real you want to find out everything there is to know about the person who wrote it, like how tall he is and what kind of music he likes and whether or not he really went through all the stuff he was writing about.
running sky forever
You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.
girlfriend character emotional
My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
writing play people
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.
ideas directors stealing
I began stealing a lot of ideas from other directors I had worked with.
dream scary suffering
I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff.
trying horrible knows
I find that more and more I'm trying to entertain myself when I'm working, because I know the work's going to go to a horrible place.
years fifteen my-sister
Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.
writing typical
A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.
heart eggs doctors
I imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest. Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart. Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can't find it with all their machines and microcameras.
writing
When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.
writing needs speak
It's been hard for me to not write, and that's the only process I can speak to I guess, it's so compulsive and I need to do it all the time that sometimes I make myself not do it so I can actually tend to my life.
challenges pay bills
My life has been in shambles, like my personal relationships, my laundry, paying bills now I have someone who pays my bills and it's always been a challenge because it overwhelms me.