What was the decision behind telling the story of How To Be Brave through the form of a monologue? What are the dramatic challenges of writing a one-person play? I was also talking to the brilliant Dirty Protest Theatre company at the time about writing a play….and when I started talking with them, we were all excited about a play about Newport and bravery and strong women. I needed to go “home” to find some brave and this is where it all started-in every sense. I was going through some big LIFE things at the time and I was trying to find some much needed strength and courage. I started thinking about where I had come from and what had come before, who had come before to give me some strength. I started to dig and found treasure and wanted to tap into that to write my way through a hard time. We spoke to Owen about her monologue, her inspirations and her relationship to Newport.Ĭan you tell us about How To Be Brave and where the idea came from? It follows Katie’s adventure around Newport with a stolen BMX. Broadway World describes Siân Owen’s one-woman play How To Be Brave as “the greatest bedtime story a scared little girl could hear”.
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