I'm sure everyone can relate to having show tickets and trying to figure out where to grab a bite to eat beforehand. That was my dilemma as I was rushing from work to meet a couple of friends and of course, on my way there, I got a call with the inevitable question, "Where should we eat?" Given that the show was at the Pantages Theater, which isn't too far from Thai Town, a Thai restaurant was the obvious choice, but for once, I wasn't in the mood for Asian food.

Still pondering options, I got off the Hollywood Boulevard exit and spotted a sign partially hidden behind a building that said Natalie Peruvian Seafood Restaurant. ..

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It's been a fifteen-year journey for playwright Henry Murray-a journey that began while dining in a restaurant with a couple of his good friends-who were unaware at the time they would inspire a trio of very unusual characters: a monkey, a cat and a rat. In the interest of protecting their identities, Murray not only changed their names but their species as well in his bawdy love story that began as a playwriting exercise in a U.C.L.A. class taught by Murray Mednick, (accomplished playwright and founder of the Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop/Festival).  

 

 

With this weekend's opening of "Monkey Adored" at the acclaimed Rogue Machine, Murray opens up about the writing process and the path that would wind its way to a fully staged production... 

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