This week commemorates a pretty special moment for me. No, it’s not the moon landing, but it’s almost as good. Five years ago I had a full run of a production for the first time. Accepting Applications for a Muse was a play I wrote for a Charleston competition at WhatIf? Productions.
Daniel dreams of becoming the next great American novelist. But his dreams run the risk of total derailment by a bad case of writers block. Up against a deadline, and desperate for anything to break his slump he puts out an ad in his local newspaper: ‘Accepting Applications for a Muse.’ The answer he gets is unexpected.
I learned a lot working on this. Things like, long titles take a long time to say. You will never really feel like a project is done, and it requires a good amount of trust to give it away and let someone else give it legs. Five years on, I am still grateful for the experience. Looking forward to my next world premiere, whenever that may be.