“I come into a theater, okay, great. I know exactly what it is I’m supposed to do as an audience member, and I’m kind of like, how can we push against those scripts? And if we can start transgressing the scripts given to us in the theater, then how can we get comfortable enough with the discomfort of that to do that outside of the theater, too?”
“Making work and creating spaces to share it matters. The act of sharing is just as important as the content. We need to honor interiority, connect in ways that go beyond words, and keep responding to the world as it is.”
“I’m the person who texts someone at 1 a.m. with an idea I just had. Writing the novel put me in a more intimate space with language. No bodies, no logistics, just words. It’s lonely, but I like that too. With theatre, I’m always thinking about the audience. With the novel, I’m just asking, how can I make myself laugh?”
Bringing experience in theatremaking and human-centered design, Jazz is LAPP’s new Programming + Producing Intern.