Making Theatre

I have just finished two days of workshops with the Themba team...it seems like they got a lot out of it. They are on the whole very strong actors and have a lot of good ideas, so it truly feels like an exchange, a group of colleagues working together...and most of them are quite a bit younger than me, it's very impressive. My creative wheels are spinning and the dialogue is getting deeper and richer...I already have many ideas for the work I want to do when I return to the US. And tomorrow I begin working with them to develop a brand new play about homophobia and HIV/AIDS. I am excited and honored to be here at the beginning of the process and will be even more excited when they finish and begin performing this play and I'll know that I was part of it. I also realize that every second here I have the privilege and opportunity to immerse myself in theatre, nothing but, nothing else, no other day to day things to worry about. It's truly a gift.