Review Fix chats with playwright Marilyn Recht, who discusses her production “Three’s A Crowd†at this year’s Midtown International Theatre Festival.
About Three’s A Crowd:
THREE’S A CROWD by Marilyn Recht, directed by Emma Roddy; starring Emily Anne Parrish, Dominique Siqueira Woo, and Alexandria Collins. Three young women at a New England college circa 1969 wrestle with desire, societal pressures, and the tensions in their friendship. (Drama) Performance Schedule: Tues 3/22, 8:30pm; Sat 3/26, 5:15pm; Sun 3/27, 7:00pm
Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this project?
Marilyn Recht: I was struck by the idea of what life might have been like for typical college students in the 1960s.
Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?
Recht: An idea hits me full force and I finesse the details over a period of time.
Review Fix: What makes this different or special?
Recht: Usually my work is autobiographical but none of the characters in this play is remotely like myself!
Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself through this process?
Recht: I had to enter the experience of three different young women, as they start out and how they are changed by each other.
Review Fix: How does it feel to be a part of something like this?
Recht: It’s very exciting. I’ve always loved collaborative pieces, particularly theatrical work.
Review Fix: What are your ultimate goals for this production and for the future?
Recht: Basically I want the cast and the audience to be stimulated and enjoy themselves.
Review Fix: What do you think your audiences will enjoy the most?
Recht: That it’s a small-scale, character-driven story, set against an interesting point in history.
Review Fix: What’s next?
Recht: I won’t know till it happens.
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