Adam Rapp (born June 15, 1968) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play, Red Light Winter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006. Read full biography of Adam Rapp →
One of the things that concerns me is the lack of adult supervision, and more specifically, caring adult supervision, at various reform schools and... →
I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of... →
I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.
Some of the greatest works of theater, from Chekov's work to modern playwrights', consist of just a few people in a room with no one leaving.
When I work in the theater, you know you'll get this almost devotional, religious experience where you're breaking bread with everyone every... →
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... →
One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them... →
I don't see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.
I like to write about teenagers because it's such an uncertain and dramatic time.
My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.
When you're poor, you don't want anyone to know you're poor.
I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything... →
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... →
Adam Rapp (born June 15, 1968) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play, Red Light Winter, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.