![]() ![]() One character follows a dream and the other follows a more conventional path. We’ve all, as artists, seen ourselves as going after our dream. “The conversation made everyone who read it identify with it. Phillip managed to pack a great punch in a 30 minute play. It’s complete in its scope just like a full length. A great one act is going to have a full story and get to the punch more quickly. To say nothing of the pain that exists in the current way.”Īmy Love, organizer, says, “It’s a compact story, a two hander and it’s rich, and elegantly and simply told. The play asks whether people together could find a way to reconcile, admitting the incredible difficulty and the small sense of success and the great pain in finding any other way. “You’ll see that there is reconciliation between some characters and not between others. I’m interested in challenging the idea that it’s ever impossible. “I am interested in reconciliation and people who believe that reconciliation with another person is impossible, because the differences are too great. They weren’t conscious of choosing a lesser life. Phillip says, “Both characters thought they were doing the right thing or that they had no other choices. ![]() Phillip’s play is Chosen Less, about a chance meeting between two men that helps them understand that they’ve chosen a lesser life. The shorts fest submission were from their group of members, and this year, Carl Sander, a playwright (among other talents) and Vincent Delany, a playwright working to make a living as a playwright, are joined by Phillip Lienau, known primarily around Seattle as a set designer and teacher. They strive to work together in various ways to support their careers. Sandbox, a membership based collective of working theatre professionals is a growing group of mid-career artists. This is the third iteration of a group of shorter plays (each in the 30 minute range) presented by The Sandbox Artists Collective. It’s time for SOAPfest, again (at West of Lenin). Playwrights Phillip Lienau, Vincent Delaney, and Carl Sander of the Sandbox One-Act Play Festival, June 3-7 2015 at West of Lenin. ![]()
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