TOO MUCH MEMORY by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson (a play)

I intended to mail it straightaway to a recently rediscovered old friend, an actor, but read it first. Actually, I still haven’t sent it. I wrote an email detailing my experience with the 40 pages of dramatic literature.

Are books in a “free bin” at a (basically) unpaid internship free? That’s a tough call.

hey david,

i read too much memory on the subway today. it was fun to read, very close to Antigone.many moments were smart and unexpected and funny, but i dont know how the whole piece affected me. it made antigone more alive and it was really fun to see those issues set in a contemporary setting, like the utility of civil disobedience and the conflict between your loyalty to your ideals/brother (Antigone: what compromises will i have to make day after day, year after year? p. 30 ) and the desire to feel pleasure/live/love/marry. (Antigone: Don’t you remember how we’d spend nights in the backyard, lying in the wet grass, looking up at the sky, wanting to take in every star, watching fireflies, holding them in our hands, a glow between our fingers, as if our palms were made of light. No, I don’t want to suffer. I want to hold every taste of life in my mouth forever.p. 13) 
it reminded me of the enthusiasm and energy i had for politics in late high school and college which faded in the last few years to almost nothing.. i wonder how political Reddin is or if he was recalling more youthful days. 
since starting this email i have been baking cookies..
anyway i will send you the play. i am interested to learn more about plays and drama from your perspective. i also procured a copy of “True West” by Sam Shepard which i want to read because i enjoyed a story by him in the New Yorker/he is really famous/an ex of Patti Smith.
i dont know how to write about how the play affected me personally…i mainly felt amused. it touches on emotions that aren’t really part of my life..like standing up for what you believe in, sacrifice, martyrdom, defying authority, loyalty to family. if it were a couple arguing or a family bickering i’d probably be crying and i could write to you about that..but maybe i would just feel amused.