said, you should talk to this guy named Roberto. This woman called a couple of theaters that had read my plays playwrights who would be good for comic books. I got a random phone call from a woman at Marvel Comics whose job it was to recruit writers from different disciplines, novelists, television writers screenwriters, who seemed to have an affinity for comic books. So I thought I would get an office job or teaching job like 95 percent of the playwrights do. Before I graduated from Yale in 2003, I was getting ready to go to New York to be a struggling playwright, and all playwrights are struggling playwrights. I mean I was on a picket line, but I was in shorts and a T-shirt.ĪM: You went from Yale School of Drama to the comic book business writing for the Fantastic Four and Spiderman.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: It seems like a dream that four weeks ago I was in shorts in Los Angeles. Pictured: Writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, whose Good Boys and True is at Steppenwolf.Īmy Matheny: Welcome to the blisteringly cold city of Chicago. From his work with Marvel Comics to writing for HBO's Big Love, Roberto is making a name from stage to screen.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an openly gay playwright making his debut at the Steppenwolf Theater with Good Boys and True. This article shared 4703 times since Wed Dec 19, 2007
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