Week 3: Fish on a Bicycle

Well, here we are at Week 3 of my project.  In the musical Rent, Jonathan Larson wrote that we should measure our lives in love.  I am measuring my life in plays.  It's the same thing, I guess.

I am happy to tell you all that I succeeded in writing a play that had nothing to do with Shakespeare this week. It was tough - when you study one guy for three years, he tends to take over your brain.  Just a little advice in case you're thinking about grad school. ;)

This week's play, Fish on a Bicycle, was inspired by a post from She The People, a blog run by The Washington Post.  The post can be found here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/lap-dances-for-businesswomen-no-thanks/2012/01/20/gIQAes2KDQ_blog.html.

This week's play explores what it would mean for a couple of men to prove that they were team players to their female boss.  When I started writing it, I really didn't have a clear idea of where I was going with this piece.  After writing it, I was surprised at how, well, violent and angry it was.  I knew I had a definite reaction to the Post piece, but I guess I didn't realize HOW angry it made me.  That's the great thing about writing - it gets all of those emotions and thoughts out of your body and onto paper.