Daniel Talbott (PP ’08) is a playwright and a director and an actor and a producer. Here is an email he sent out the other day about the mine disaster in Chile. If it sounds of interest, please contact Daniel at: risingphoenixrep@yahoo.com
I don’t know how closely you all have been following what’s been going on with the miners down in Chile but I’ve been completely blown away by them and what’s going on down there and by their extraordinary spirit and heart. Last night Addie showed me this quote from a newspaper about the rescue team trying to create an entertainment program to help get them through this without losing their fucking minds, “Establishing a daily and nightly routine is important, the minister said, adding that having fun also will be critical. The rescue team is creating an entertainment program “that includes singing, games of movement, playing cards. We want them to record songs, to make videos, to create works of theater for the family” and it got me thinking that I want to send them a bunch of plays from all of us. You are some of my favorite people and artists out there and I know you’re all insanely busy but I think this could be a way of helping out and sending our love, thoughts and support to them. So if you have the time and are interested my thought was to try to have everybody write a ten minutetish short play in Spanish and try to collect them all by next Friday and I will print them and with some help get them down there. I know some of us unfortunately don’t speak or write fluently in Spanish so I was also wondering for us non Spanish speakers if any of you fluent rockstars would be willing to help out in translating some of the plays as well? When you get a sec let me know and I know this isn’t a lot but I thought it was something and in the end I think this what theatre’s all about, sitting in the dark and listening to stories – especially when you need them most. Again I’d love to get this off by next Friday cause obviously time’s a huge issue for them and I know that’s not long but again I’d so love it if you guys would help me do this. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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