David Ives
David Ives
David Ivesis an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for writing comic one-act plays, a reputation which resulted in the New York Times referring to him as the "maestro of the short form". Ives has also written dramatic plays, narrative stories, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
CountryUnited States of America
thinking play people
Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike.
people theatre stories
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft.
moving mean writing
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a year or two these days if one wants to develop a series - which is what writing a pilot means. I've also been approached about writing episodes for sitcoms, but in order to do that one actually has to watch sitcoms. . . . Life's too short for television, and I don't what it on my actual gravestone, HE STARED AT A BOX FOR 10,000 HOURS.
heart warning crafts
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.
song perfect three
I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.
new-york thinking should
I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.
writing giving interesting
Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy.
play love-relationship existentialism
Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.
writing theatre deals
Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings.
writing play symphony
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
thinking play two
With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.
jobs writing design
Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those miserable day jobs writing reviews. Will somebody help them, please?
lists sometimes democratic
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.