McLennan is a playwright from Cleveland, Ohio. Previous plays at The Theatre School include Polysthetica, Blooming Season, and The Transit of Gemini.
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What is this play about?
It’s about trans people in an airport talking about life & stuff.
Where did this play come from?
I wanted to write something that would make middle school me feel deserving of a happy & full life with lots of love and adventures in it.
Where is this play going? What impact do you hope it leaves on its audience?
I’m not entirely sure where this play will end up, but I want it to make the audience be kinder to themselves after watching it.
How does this play fit into your mission/ethos/aesthetic as a playwright? How did it challenge what you thought you knew about yourself as an artist?
I try to write plays that are gifts, and I think this one meets that goal okay. I like mixing idiot jokes with heightened text, which I did a little bit, but could include more of. It was a challenge in the sense that I really felt at first that it should be linear and seasonal, but I ended up reworking it into a circular format like a lot of my other plays. I guess I am realizing that circular formats feel more true to how I understand life & the world & events happening.
Were there any moments or scenes you loved but had to cut? Tell us about them!
I cut a moment where Wendy draws dicks on Jay’s face at the M.A.C. makeup counter. I also cut all the jokes that were so raunchy they’d accidentally create Brechtian moments.
If your play was distilled down into a scent, what would it smell like?
Morning mist!!
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