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Adam Rapp

American Novelist

Born: Jun 15, 1968

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I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, 'Well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct.' Adam Rapp

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I don't see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can. Adam Rapp

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I love plays that have musical moments. I'm not a big fan of musicals per se, but I love straight plays that have musical edges to them. I don't know if I will ever be able to structure a musical, but 'Finer Noble Gases' is as close as I've gotten. Adam Rapp

I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and I went to a military academy for high school in Wisconsin. Then I went to college, on a basketball scholarship to a small school in Iowa, so I'm like Mr. Midwest. Adam Rapp

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When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot. It's strange: people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can't even answer it. I don't keep regular hours. Adam Rapp

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I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else. Adam Rapp

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I like to write about teenagers because it's such an uncertain and dramatic time. Adam Rapp

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Film directing has perfected my theater directing. I think when I first started directing, a lot of my stuff was very lateral; I was afraid to have the actors' backs turned away, afraid to put them too far upstage, and I think once I did more things with film, I got more interested in composition. Adam Rapp

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