Episode 71: Krista Boehnert  

Krista Boehnert is the author of two distinct plays in our catalogue – Have You Heard? and Puzzle Pieces. Both plays are completely written in monologue form. Listen to Krista talk about her writing process and how her sister was a big help in the development of her plays!

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Krista Boehnert Have You Heard? Puzzle Pieces

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Welcome to TFP, the Theatrefolk podcast. I am Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well, thanks for listening.

So, we have full-on winter here in our neck of the woods. We’ve got icy roads, we’ve got a blanket of, oh, that white stuff everywhere. Although, because I live in a very small community, it really is the prettiest sight of winter – the sun is starting to set and it’s just making, well, it’s making all the snow sparkle. That’s how we describe it, it’s all very sparkling and clean and Norman Rockwell-like. Not like the dirty, slushy winter I remember from living in Toronto.

So, that’s very nice to look at. It’s not that nice when you’re trying to negotiate the roads. It’s kind of an interesting game of who’s going to get their streets plowed first and, when I’m trying to go for a run, looking for dry pavement, you know? But those are really the very tiny, miniscule problems I’m dealing with right now so I think I can handle it. I know I’m pretty sure I can handle it.

So, today we have another Theatrefolk author interview, this time with Krista Boehnert who has two plays with us – Have You Heard and Puzzle Pieces – and both plays are unique because they are written entirely in the monologue format. I love that and I love having that available to you guys and we’re going to get into that.

But, frankly, I was just so tickled to be able to sit down with Krista and have a talk. She’s been with us for a number of years. Her plays have been in our catalog for a while but, you know, she lives way over on the other side of the country and we have never seen each other, we’ve never sat down face to face, and before this, never even spoken. You know, it’s through the wonder of technology and the internet that we are able to do business but also to do this interview, and I’ve been loving doing these interviews. I love getting to know the Theatrefolk playwrights on a personal level through this podcast, and I hope that you are too. I just did another one with an author that’s going to be posted in January and it was downright fascinating. I just love it.

So, here we go. Let’s get going with this one.

Lindsay: Hello there! I am super-thrilled to be able to talk to one of our playwrights today, and we have on the podcast Krista…Krist… [laughs] Krista Boehnert!

Krista: [Laughs]

Lindsay: I was so focused on your last name I [laughs] went and goofed up your first name.

Krista: No worries.

Lindsay: Krista Boehnert, how are you?

Krista: Good, thank you. Thanks for having me.

Lindsay: Awesome. Now, where are you located in the world?

Krista: I am on Vancouver Island. I live in Victoria.

Lindsay: Oh. Do you like Victoria?

Krista: I do actually, except I find the winters a little bit hard because they're very overcast for months on end.

Lindsay: Mm-hmm.

Krista: Mm-hmm.

Lindsay: You get lots of rain, I imagine.

Krista: Absolutely, yes.

Lindsay: And what I want to start with is just sort of what brought you to Theatrefolk. What made you stick your place and send them across the waves and…the waves – the Internet, and just sort of send your stuff to us? How'd you find out about us?

Krista: I was researching companies that specifically focused on young adult material, so basically high school plays was what I was looking for for publishing companies. So that was sort of my initial reasoning for contacting you guys. Looking at your catalogue already, it seemed like my pieces might be a good fit for what you guys...