Artistic Statement
My work is about workers: teachers, actors, nonprofiteers, used bookstore clerks, drone pilots. I’ve worked most of these jobs myself. Every new gig is a new chance to come of age, to climb the mountain of competence while being nagged by the question of how my paycheck is related to the larger world I want to live in. How is work political? My plays create imaginative, humorous worlds in which an audience can explore this question without being either overwhelmed or let off scot free. I want honesty, laughter, and conversations that keep going after the play is done.
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Joe Zarrow
Artistic Statement
My work is about workers: teachers, actors, nonprofiteers, used bookstore clerks, drone pilots. I’ve worked most of these jobs myself. Every new gig is a new chance to come of age, to climb the mountain of competence while being nagged by the question of how my paycheck is related to the larger world I want to live in. How is work political? My plays create imaginative, humorous worlds in which an audience can explore this question without being either overwhelmed or let off scot free. I want honesty, laughter, and conversations that keep going after the play is done.