I’m going to recommend you see a play that I haven’t seen — in fact I’m going to strongly recommend you see it. And I’m not going to tell you what it’s about. I know what it’s about because I’ve read it. But I won’t tell you.
The play is “The Wedge Horse” and it’s at the Fault Line Theater in NYC. And you should go see it.
I will tell you that I’m familiar with Nick’s work. A couple of years back I attended a reading of Nick’s “Black Fly Spring” — a powerful piece of work about love and grief and self-deception. The play (at that time) needed development. Some of the characters were not as transparent as they could be, and the work deserves to be completely clear. Because above all Nick wants to audience to get the play, to go with the characters where they are going, to see the world from their eyes.
I will tell you “The Wedge Horse” is a powerful, beautiful piece of work. The characters are so human — stubborn, willful, strong, needy. They are fragile, and they suffer. And they struggle to find their balance. They are full of compassion. And deception and heroism. They will break your heart — and give you tremendous hope.
And that’s the reason to go: because Nick is writes about people in a way that makes them seem so real — all the trivial mundane silliness mixed up with all the glorious marvelous aspirations to heaven and passion and oneness. And he’s barely out of high school.
He delivers compassion and insight — and he’s not fully grown. He’s perhaps 30, looks younger. He’s a child — a kid. And he’s writing with the kind of insights that strong mature adults possess. This young man — this KID — is the real deal. He works hard at his craft. He teaches others. He celebrates the accomplishments of others. He suffers for his sanity. You can tell this by the way he writes. No one as young as he is should be able to write the way he writes. But he does. He aspires to greatness. And he wants you to go with him.
You should go see “The Wedge Horse” because you will get in on the ground floor of a talent that has the strength to get there –the there all writers want to get to — not just to be successful, but relevant. He’s going to go to the the place where compassion and wisdom exist — and he wants you to go there with him.
A playwright’s playwright, who writes in a way that is accessible to everyone. I’ve never met him. No go see his play.
Nick Gandiello’s “The Wedge Horse”: notes and comments
I’m going to recommend you see a play that I haven’t seen — in fact I’m going to strongly recommend you see it. And I’m not going to tell you what it’s about. I know what it’s about because I’ve read it. But I won’t tell you.
The play is “The Wedge Horse” and it’s at the Fault Line Theater in NYC. And you should go see it.
I will tell you that I’m familiar with Nick’s work. A couple of years back I attended a reading of Nick’s “Black Fly Spring” — a powerful piece of work about love and grief and self-deception. The play (at that time) needed development. Some of the characters were not as transparent as they could be, and the work deserves to be completely clear. Because above all Nick wants to audience to get the play, to go with the characters where they are going, to see the world from their eyes.
I will tell you “The Wedge Horse” is a powerful, beautiful piece of work. The characters are so human — stubborn, willful, strong, needy. They are fragile, and they suffer. And they struggle to find their balance. They are full of compassion. And deception and heroism. They will break your heart — and give you tremendous hope.
And that’s the reason to go: because Nick is writes about people in a way that makes them seem so real — all the trivial mundane silliness mixed up with all the glorious marvelous aspirations to heaven and passion and oneness. And he’s barely out of high school.
He delivers compassion and insight — and he’s not fully grown. He’s perhaps 30, looks younger. He’s a child — a kid. And he’s writing with the kind of insights that strong mature adults possess. This young man — this KID — is the real deal. He works hard at his craft. He teaches others. He celebrates the accomplishments of others. He suffers for his sanity. You can tell this by the way he writes. No one as young as he is should be able to write the way he writes. But he does. He aspires to greatness. And he wants you to go with him.
You should go see “The Wedge Horse” because you will get in on the ground floor of a talent that has the strength to get there –the there all writers want to get to — not just to be successful, but relevant. He’s going to go to the the place where compassion and wisdom exist — and he wants you to go there with him.
A playwright’s playwright, who writes in a way that is accessible to everyone. I’ve never met him. No go see his play.