There's something about a cruise ship which just suggests theater and just suggests a stage. What these two plays that I'm writing have in common is that they both have a lot of people trapped together by natural forces. I love when people get trapped. I love to be the witness of awkward conversations between people who are stuck in the same room together and can't get out. When I went on my cruise through the Panama Canal, the experience was very surreal.
Cruise ships are bizarre creations.
There are so many levels of theater on a cruise ship. There's the real theater, the fake Broadway shows and the silly lounge acts and the reggae bands who aren't allowed to play reggae because it's too offensive. But then there's all the human beings on the ship acting whatever role they want to in this vacation from their lives. The food is a kind of theater. The activities are a kind of theater.