Re: Re: RAT ratscoop

[SKuftinec@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/28/2000 7:33:28 AM, you wrote:

<<>        Dear Rats,
>            I have just tuned in,and was told
>            that I may find other radical theatre
>            workers,and the like,here.It seems
>            from what I've read that most rats
>            have an intimate,or atleast working,
>            history with each other. It also
>            seems to revolve around seattle,which
>            is wonderful I have family and friends
>            there, but I'm wondering if any are
>            geographically closer to my residence
>            (Louisville,Ky)or have worked at
>            Actors Theatre.Let me hear the lowdown.
>>

I worked as a literary intern from 1988-1989. My "fondest" memories center on 
working as assistant dramaturg for Bill Buckley, who, not fully comprehending 
the process of new play revision, spent the rehearsal process in Switzerland 
skiing-- from whence he would send whimsical faxes to julie beckett crutcher 
and myself with script changes on his earth-shattering, aesthetic-changing 
adaptation of the spy novel "Stained Glass." My favorite bon mot involved 
Bill heading off cheerily to the slopes (after an evening with a fine 
bordeaux), only to realize he'd somehow forgotten his ski boots. Chuckles 
were implied.  I later lent copies of the faxes to the anarchist collective 
Theater Oobleck in Chicago for their show dramatizing a showdown between the 
plays of Vaclav Havel and Buckley. I can't remember the title now, but it can 
never be as great as their first "The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard" 
(though "When Will the Rats Come to Chew Through Your Anus" comes close). 

What's this about Cornerstone theater being a washout? I missed that thread 
and I love them. 

Sonja