About the Author:
As the playwright of Good Canary, screenwriter of Stranger Than Fiction and director of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Zach Helm usually finds himself away from the eyes of audiences. However, for his latest project Interviewing the Audience, Helm is taking center stage at the Vineyard Theatre to continue the traditions of playwright Spalding Gray, as he calls random audience members up on stage to discuss their lives. Just before the show's February 10 opening, Helm offered insight into his interview techniques, the show's unpredicatable nature and the fascinating onstage experience that spurred his desire to interact with theatergoers.
As I write this, I will be walking onstage in a few hours for the opening night performance of Interviewing the Audience at the Vineyard Theatre, a moment for which I am thoroughly excited. Anything beyond that moment, however, is a mystery.
Interviewing the Audience was created by the ground-breaking performer and writer Spalding Gray, who began the piece in 1981 and performed it numerous times over the following decades before his death in 2004. As a young theater student, I was enraptured by Mr. Gray’s ability to balance his own humanity (even in its ...
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