♪♪♪ >> STEPHEN: WE'RE BACK WITH
THE AUTHOR OF "A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS." ETHAN HAWKE
BESIDES WRITING, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CREATIVE OUTLETS DURING
THE PANDEMIC?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- SOME PEOPLE FEEL SORT OF INNERVATED,
LIKE GROUNDHOG'S DAY.
LIKE THEY CAN MAKE NO PERSONAL PROGRESS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STAY SHARP?
>> HAVE I IN ANY WAY GIVEN YOU IF IMPRESSION THAT I WAS STAYING
SHARP?
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
EXACTLY.
>> I PLAY THE GUITAR WITH MY KIDS.
I LIKE TO DO WATER COLORS.
I TRIED TO EXERCISE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A GREAT BLESSING DURING THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC OF
HAVING THIS -- THE GOOD LORD BIRD TOOK A TON OF MY TIME
PROMOTING IT.
I FELT KIND OF LIKE AN HONOR.
IT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY ENJOYED DOING.
THAT STORY, I THINK, SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE CENTRAL ISSUES THAT
AMERICA IS THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
AND, SO, IN A LOT OF WAYS, THIS WHOLE ZOOMING ALLOWED ME TO DO
MORE INTERVIEWS THAN I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE I COULD ZOOM
WITH SOME JOURNALIST IN ATLANTA AND SOMEBODY IN PARIS.
SO I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JOHN BROWN FOR, LIKE, SIX
MONTHS.
AND WHILE THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND THAT INTERESTING TO SOME, IT'S
PROVED ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM?
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY OTHER OUTLETS?
YOU CAN'T DO THEATER.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING I AM DOING.
I'M DOING A ZOOM PRODUCTION OFAT TAREQ FROM THE ROOTS AND WALLY
AND I MEET A COUPLE OF TIMES ON ZOOM AND WE WORK ON SAMUEL BECK
E.L.T.'S WAITING FOR GOODELL.
>> Stephen: VLADIMIR OR ESTRAGON.
>> VLADIMIR.
>> Stephen: AND TAREQ AND KALLIE SCHON, WHO'S LUCKY, WHO'S
POZO.
>> TAREQ IS POZO AND WALLY IS LUCKY.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SELLING OUT HERE, BUT
IT'S PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS I EVER
DID IN MY LIFE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING SO ALIENATING ABOUT
THIS EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHARACTERS CAN'T REMEMBER
WHETHER IT'S SATURDAY OR TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND THEY DON'T
REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR AND --
>> Stephen: YEAH.
HEARING THE PLAY IS ENTIRELY NEW, AND MY HOPE IS YOU CAN --
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEB OR SOMETHING FOR A
FEW WEEKS, YOU CAN WATCH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO RECORD IT LIVE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A READING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PERFORM IT AND EXPLORE THE MATERIAL.
>> Stephen: WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
>> IT'S FOR A THEATER COMPANY CALLED THE NEW GROUP, AND IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE -- I THINK IT'S MARCH AND APRIL.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEW GROUP WEB SITE, YOU CAN SEE WHENNETH
GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
>> Stephen: THEY DO NOT MOVE.
HIS NOVEL "A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS," RIGHT HERE, IS
AVAILABLE TOMORROW.
ETHAN HAWKE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY MICKEY GUYTON.
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