Two Rooms is the show that decided to take up residency in my mind and would poke at me, relentlessly, until I could find the right team and the right time to make it happen. After reading the script again back in March, it became abundantly clear to me this was a show that spoke to these times and needed to be done now.
In a commencement speech, David Foster Wallace said, “There is no experience you’ve had that you are not the absolute center of.” As Americans, we’re compelled to insert ourselves at the center of everything that happens - making ourselves the lead in an ongoing drama that revolves around our beliefs, our perspective and our feelings. While the center of this play is Michael’s imprisonment, I’ve found it’s more defined by how those orbiting his story take that tragedy and make it their own.
It's quite a world we're living in...and this is an important time to be making art. This process - everything about creating this show - has really pushed me as an artist and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to check out our production of Two Rooms. As you watch, I hope you find some truth for yourself to the questions we should all be asking right now:
"Does our government, that is supposed to be 'By the People' and 'For the People', actually advocate for us?"
"What does it mean to be right...and how far are we willing to go to get there?"
And most importantly,
"What happens when our best isn't enough?"
Perhaps we need to put one foot in front of the other trusting that with each step our best will get better.
Then again, maybe it never will.
Thank you again. Don’t forget to vote.
- Lou Williams
