So why Reservoir Dogs?
I
have always loved words. Quentin Tarantino is one of modern American
cinema’s greatest wordsmiths. I love the movie, but more than the cinematic
reality of the thing it is it's bones that compel me. As iconic as the
performances of Keitel, Roth, Buscemi et al have become, strip it all
away and you have one hell of a script. In many ways Dogs is a perfect
fit for theater, it needs quite a bit of adapting that is true, but much
of the action happens in the wings, and what we are left with are these
very human characters and the connections and consequences of their
(sometimes very inhumane) actions. It's a very intimate story.
Why two productions?
When
originally TAO decided to do Reservoir Dogs it was met with a huge wave
of excitement, but at the same time, there was a current of
disappointment. No roles for women. As a female director I am often
called on the carpet for my choices of scripts. I was a bookish child,
even as a young girl I was more drawn to Hugo and Dumas than Jane
Austin. I can not explain it, it's just how it is. My difficulty is
that not many plays written for women fit into my personal esthetic. I
was having a conversation about that exact thing when it hit me, why not
do it with women? That would be very interesting.
Once
the possibility entered my mind I could not shake the excitement at the
prospect, the opportunity for women to play characters such as these
and play them straight, no kitsch, no clowning, no apologies, is a rare
one. And now here we are, in the midst of rehearsals and it’s the best
of both worlds.
~pug Bujeaud
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