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"In the same interlude, it doth befall, that I once known by name do present: A wall."
Hi everybody. Walls are very important in this week's "Spread the Love," which is: "Flaky
Lips." The story of "Flaky Lips" takes place on a hillside, and the wall is the only set
piece you see. A hundred years ago, two communities decided they were going to split apart forever,
racially. One color on one side of the wall, one color on the other side of the wall. Jump
forward a hundred years and two girls, one from each community, experience each other
for the first time, and what happens when you've had a lifetime of thinking one thing
about a person, and what happens when you actually come and meet them. Craig, what do
you love about "Flaky Lips"? Well, what I love about "Flaky Lips" is that
it's a play about race, but it's not racially charged. The two girls can actually be of
any race: It's been done by one black girl, one white girl; a black girl and a Hispanic
girl; and so on. It's even been done with two girls of the same race, and it still works
because the girls never actually see each other, because they're separated by the wall.
Lindsay, what do you love about "Flaky Lips"? Well, my aim when writing the play was to
work on creating a poetic language that doesn't suck. That isn't really artsy-fartsy. That
isn't all about how you say a line rather than the content of the line. And "Flaky Lips"
really accomplishes that. And to that end, whenever I see a production, I just, I love
the combination of the intense, the drama, the words, the characters. It's an awesome
piece, it's very inspiring, it's thought-provoking, and I'm really proud to write it, and I'm
really proud that we've got it in our catalogue. That's it for "Spread the Love!"