About this episode

Lynne Robinson interviews Steve Rose and Cynthia Straus about the performance of 'A Piece of Monologue: A Samuel Beckett Experience'.

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus. This week on "Voices of Taos," Tempo editor Lynne Robinson talks to monologist Steve Rose and director Cynthia Straus about Rose's performance of "A Piece of Monologue: A Samuel Beckett Experience" An adaptation of Beckett's "A Piece of Monologue," the one-man show is a telling of a 90-year-old man on his final walk, returning to the seaside Irish village where he grew up. Along the way, the man reflects on his life, recalling the adventures he’s had and characters he’s met. Rose and Straus also discuss her direction of the piece, as well as the process of developing it for the stage.“Beckett has a wonderful saying and I felt this the first time I tried to do a Beckett monologue — it’s ‘Fail again, fail better,’” says Rose. “Once the curtains are drawn, once the piece starts, there’s an energy there that’s alive and dangerous.” For tickets and more information visit wildflowerplayhouse.org/events Read more in Tempo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Lynne Robinson

Guests: Steve Rose, Cynthia Straus

Topics covered

• theater
• monologue
• Samuel Beckett
• performance
• life reflection

Keywords

• Steve Rose
• Cynthia Straus
• Samuel Beckett
• monologue
• theater performance
• life reflection
• NCRTD Blue Bus

Sponsors

NCRTD Blue Bus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: wildflowerplayhouse.org, Tempo

Books & works: A Piece of Monologue, A Samuel Beckett Experience

Places: Ireland, seaside Irish village

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