Artistic Statement
While my writing has been generously compared to Pinter, Beckett, Albee, Shaffer and even the Coen brothers (all have greatly influenced my work), I am neither profound nor prolific. I describe my style as dynamic realism, wherein my works are generally rooted in reality, but I’m always trying to push beyond that, to challenge it, to redefine it. I don’t want the audience to settle in, I want them to buckle up. As a rule, I write to entertain. And in the process, I do my best to write strong characters with compelling stories to tell, characters that actors might yearn to play, and stories that audiences might yearn to see and hear.
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Craig Houk
Artistic Statement
While my writing has been generously compared to Pinter, Beckett, Albee, Shaffer and even the Coen brothers (all have greatly influenced my work), I am neither profound nor prolific. I describe my style as dynamic realism, wherein my works are generally rooted in reality, but I’m always trying to push beyond that, to challenge it, to redefine it. I don’t want the audience to settle in, I want them to buckle up. As a rule, I write to entertain. And in the process, I do my best to write strong characters with compelling stories to tell, characters that actors might yearn to play, and stories that audiences might yearn to see and hear.