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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
time uncertain
I like to write about teenagers because it's such an uncertain and dramatic time.
edges fan love musical musicals noble per plays straight structure
I love plays that have musical moments. I'm not a big fan of musicals per se, but I love straight plays that have musical edges to them. I don't know if I will ever be able to structure a musical, but 'Finer Noble Gases' is as close as I've gotten.
anarchy dominated drove hairy life lines physical towel younger
There was a kind of physical anarchy that dominated most of my younger life. I was always too skinny, not hairy enough, my voice jumped around. It was a thing that drove me away from towel lines in gym class.