For us there is something necessary about keeping a cross-pollination of ideas. The people we started working with are now in their forties and fifties. We are all constantly thinking about how to reinvent ourselves; the Rhino helps us do that. There's a pretty healthy balance between young and old. |
I spend a lot of time talking to people. Usually, there ends up being a lot to choose from. It's easy to get burned out on something like this. But I've gotten better at pacing myself over the years. Besides I love the surprises that often creep up on you in this sort of festival. |
It's been a long time since we've done something together. And since then our work has changed, so it will be interesting to see how it works now. Ira's convinced that radio is the dominant thing and that theater is dead. But I'm not so sure radio is doing so much better than theater. |
There is a constant, ongoing source of people making new work in fringe theaters. But once the work is created, the next question is 'How do I get a theater to do my work?' That's the question we're here to answer. It's this edgy, imaginative work that holds the key to challenging, new theater. |