Yugoslavia

(Community Matters) Steven & I attended the reading of Michael Mitchell’s Yugoslavia last night at Austin Script Works.

Austin Script Works is both a playwright-driven service organization and a theatrical producing company. We exist to support dramatic writers by providing opportunities at all stages in the writing process — from inception through production. Austin Script Works supports the whole writer, not just an isolated project, and dedicates itself to career advancement as well as artistic growth

From the comments after the reading, the script’s a big win. I loved it. I didn’t offer feedback for a while because I was trying to identify Michael’s voice in the play – somewhere between Tennessee Williams and Tony Kushner, and complicated with Martin McDonagh (Pillowman) twists. I argued against the comments seeking greater clarity and definition – I like Michael’s fog of ambiguity that engages audience imagination. It could be a defining and compelling voice if that’s where he settles for a while.

Michael’s blog – Squirrels in the Attic – where he’s been known to drop creative nuggets from time to time