Last night I went to go and see playGround, which is the annual Theatre@York student-produced fringe festival of original works and works-in-progress by up-and-coming playwrights, directors, designers and performers in the undergraduate Theatre program at York. I went because one of my roommates is in theatre and she was in one of the plays in Series A of the shows. The play she performed in really encapsulated what I’m trying to say about artistic process. The monologue performed by one of her scene partners said it really eloquently, but I just can remember the exact wording on it… trying my best to hunt down the script ASAP.
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UPDATE: The script
Here’s an excerpt of the script I managed to hunt down:
“… Art isn’t supposed to be about the means! It’s supposed to be about the process and the end result - what inspires you and who you will go on to inspire! Our products are not for pathos; they are to inspire change. These are not just an outlet of emotion - this is the birth of something greater than the self: something to outlast us when we are gone! …”
Maybe I can work with the italicized phrase and tweak it a bit to be something a bit more towards my liking…
