I just interviewed the playwright Lisa Loomer for the Crossover Project. It was great, as I imagined. I didn’t know that she’d started out as an actress and comedian in New York. Another artist who began in acting. The ones who haven’t have been the exceptions. I guess, strictly speaking, I began in acting too – but I am amazed by how many of these playwrights and directors didn’t just start out, but worked professionally as actors for years first.

We had a nice side discussion about playwrights’ methods of structuring their work days. I told her that Octavio Solis had said he could only work on one play at a time, optimally.

Lisa said she was the same way – but apparently she was doing some interviews herself in LA at one point, and she talked to Jose Rivera, and he told her that he wrote film on Mondays and Fridays and theater on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Lisa is the last but one of this round. Ben Cameron is Friday.

Here’s an interview with Lisa from the Living Out era.