I went to Write Before Your Eyes at Kohoutek on Saturday, which is a perfectly apt title for the event. You get five minutes to write a script. The actors perform it immediately, run it once, then ask for a direction. The writers are then given what the audience wants to see, they add to it, and it goes again. At the end the scripts are mixed page by page, which adds to its hilarity.
I wrote. I had that awful sensation of my writing being embarrassingly bad, but it didn’t matter, the actors gave it shape anyway. That’s the thing about this event: there’s no performance pressure. Oak Theatre Company is made up of genuinely warm, unhurried people who are just enjoying playing, and giving you the experience of writing at the same time.
It was my first time at an event there, though not my first visit — their fries and kohoutek sauce have made sure of that. It was such a nice area for an event out the back, I’m really looking forward to going to another there soon and I hope others will put some more on there.
Write Before Your Eyes filled me with joy and trust in other people. I’m so looking forward to going again.
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