Following
the critical and commercial success of The Screaming Majority production of
Waste Fraud and Abuse, writer / performer / director / producer Dan Kilian is
returning to his first love, solo performance. Okay, there was no critical acclaim of any kind, they didn’t
make a cent, and Dan gets extremely anxious during his live shows, but there’s
still some truth to the idea that this show Victory Laps IS a victory lap for Dan. At least that’s the
sense I got while interviewing Dan at his Sunnyside home earlier this
afternoon. Also, I am Dan and am interviewing myself. The following is an
excerpt of the conversation.
What
do you expect to get out of this performance?
Well, I was
hoping some of the young actors we cast in Waste Fraud and Abuse would come out
and see me in a different format, and that they would have a lot of friends and
that my little pyramid scheme would snowball into a massive fan base. Also
hoped all those people who came to the play would have forgotten that they’d
already blown a few hours of their life to me only recently, and want to come
see me now. My other expectation is that none of that happens and that I play
my songs for my beloved gift circle.
What
do you find is the main difference between writing for a play and writing
individual songs for public consumption?
When you
write a song for a play, it goes into the play. When you write for public
consumption it’s not always consumed. Also, you don’t have to write about some
guy named Ron.
Will
we ever see Waste Fraud and Abuse
again?
If our
upcoming fundraiser goes well, we’re hoping to put a revised version of the
play on in a three weekend run at a theatrical venue in October next year.
What’s
on the back of this sheet?*
An actual page
from an earlier script to Waste Fraud and Abuse! A commemorative piece of
history!
Are
you a vainglorious bastard?
Am I not
conducting an imaginary interview with myself?
Did
you kill those women?
No! That was
you!
You’re
right. It was I. And you’ll never tell?
I’ll never
tell!
--Dan Kilian
*
This was the program for the Victory Laps show, with this interview
printed as described. Because of printer problems, there were only 5 or 6
programs printed, and they were not distributed.
