DAMON: When watching Climbing Eros, it is easy for me to think about the trip we made to Greece a few years ago. I think of the house where we stayed and the fine collection of bric-a-brac, the stone urns, the Davidoff…
May 28, 2019 – The Audience
Damon: Well, gosh, what do you think about audience? Charlie: Audience is tricky. I talk a lot about finding a “third thing” in a project—that element that bends the text and concept into uncharted terrain. The third thing is all…
April 18, 2019 – Translation & Story
Kristine: Damon, as an American who has lived in Norway for some time, you have learned both some of the language and some of the social norms that Norwegians abide by. During our time in Finnmark filming for Koppmoll, there…
March 25, 2019 – Poetry & Performance
Damon: Something I have wanted to know is whether there is an essential difference when bringing a poem into performance as opposed to a traditional play? Charlie: I’d say it’s completely different. For me, working with poetry feels like diving…
February 8, 2019 – Story & Landscape
Charlie: Let’s talk about landscape. In so many of the projects that you and I work on, the place itself is a character, but where a location might have held or sparked a story, place has lately moved to become…
January 23, 2019 – Music & Memory
Writer Damon Falke is the author of The Scent of a Thousand Rains. Tana Bachman-Bland is a classically trained freelance violinist\violist from Spokane, Washington. She performs with multiple musical organizations, including Tango Volcado, The Spokane Symphony, Prairie Songs, Gonzaga University’s…
January 9, 2019 – Near & Far
Writer Damon Falke & Director Charles M Pepiton have been creating and producing work together for theatre and film since 2008. Damon: It wasn’t long after we began Koppmoll that you started talking about an idea of near and far…