La Jolla Playhouse Blog

During a break from rehearsals for HOOVER COMES ALIVE!, I got the chance to chat with HOOVER playwright Sean Cunningham*. Here’s the first installment of our conversation.
Gabriel Greene: What was the inspiration for this project? What brought Herbert Hoover into your consciousness?
Sean Cunningham: The inspiration was that Alex Timbers [who co-conceived and is directing HOOVER] [...]

The British love to say they’re sorry. There is an extended gag in one scene of The 39 Steps where three British men stuck in a train compartment together cheerily apologize to one another anytime one of them attempts to enter or exit their claustrophobic confines. Does this longing for contrition on the part of [...]