they were on the edge; they have no safe place to go to; and were forced to put up with each other
Upstage and CharPo contributor Sarah Deshaies spoke with writer/director Jonathan Fournier and actor Santiago Espinosa about Miner Inconvenience. Below is an abridged version edited by Estelle Rosen, CharPo Editor-in-Chief.
UPSTAGE: We were talking about the Chilean miners; was that the inspiration for you to write this story?
FOURNIER: Yes it was. We were given an assignment in an English class in 2010 to write about the Chilean miners. I wrote about two pages but I wanted to see if I could make it into a play.
UPSTAGE: What was it that made you want to continue to make it into a full length play?
FOURNIER: Well I guess because they were on the edge; they have no safe place to go to; and were forced to put up with each other. Not always a fun situation.
