The Play About a Sofa

As the playwright, I'd like to think this play is about weighty
issues, but the producer and the director are obsessing about the
sofa. I see this article of furniture as being something akin to a
love seat, a sofa for two. But as a practical matter this couch has to
be transportable and storeable. Given that this is a "developmental
run" at a Festival, there is the humbling realization that a truly big
couch might have to be lugged up and down the fire escape. And that
we only have ten minutes to set up. What if it didn't arrive on
time? What if the actors had to act in a play that mostly takes place
in a therapist's office without a couch?

As a play that challenges our assumptions about therapy, I
wonder if it wouldn't be better if this weren't the one therapist's
office without a couch.

Frank Strausser