Interview: Nick Samuel on 'Ospedale'
Interview: Nick Samuel on Ospedale On a relatively sunny Monday, I sit down outside Common Ground with writer, composer, actor, and friend Nick Samuel to talk about his new play, Ospedale . Having read the play, which Samuel is also directing with his student company Pharaoh Productions, I was eager to dive into his writing style, his historical research, and the synthesis of his loves for theatre and music. As with my first interview, questions/comments from me are in bold , and Samuel's responses are italicized . Hello Nick! Hi!
Fancy seeing you here! Yes, and I happen to have some questions for you! So, to start off, tell the people reading: who are you, about yourself – why do we need to be interested in Nick Samuel as a practitioner? Yes, I'm... Nick... I've forgotten everything about myself. I'm a third-year musician at St. Anne's and I mostly identify as a composer and playwright. There are parallels in those two things I do, and the result is that there...