Artistic Statement
Don’t ask me how, but I’ve made people cry over beings that do not exist. I don’t understand how I accomplished this novel magic trick; nor do I fully understand how a semicolon works. The truth is I can only take a half-informed guess:
I think the audiences that will enjoy my plays never saw themselves as real people in the first place. For every 100 rules they are exceptions to 85 of them anyway. If you are planning to die at 73 years old of heart disease and leave behind 1.94 kids and 49% of a spouse, good on you. I think for the rest of us, life seems magical.
Where’s the time to feel, analyze and change when you have to hurry up, die and become part of a pie chart already? That's why I don’t write about real people; I write about things that actually exist.
Sure, I’ve never actually seen someone with wings, but I’ve also never seen anyone who looks like the little man in the crosswalk sign. Why would you cry for him? He wouldn't have cried for you.
Jack Blair spent his entire childhood in the city of Rahway, NJ. This is how he discovered his love of people.
From as early as first grade, Blair had begun creating stories. He would create picture books about pirates and vikings, and relished any opportunity to write. At Rahway Highschool he was pushed to begin writing plays. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, he directed a Zoom production of his first script Clowns Aren't Heroes, a surreal comedy featuring basic animation, shadow puppetry, and green screen effects.
B I O G R A P H Y
He then chose to earn his Bachelor's degree in Theatre Studies at Montclair State University, where he would create several more original plays, as well as direct How to Love Yourself (and Mothman) and Mouse Out of Steam for the student organization Players.