![]() ![]() I love creating people on a piece of paper and have them have dialogues with people and also with themselves. I use my own family, my friends, things that I would like to happen to me and things that happen to me. ![]() I see people and I imagine things because I don’t know anything about them, and that’s how characters are created. I chose to write because I had been reading like crazy. It was about a brother and sister falling in love but they didn’t know that they were brothers and sisters. ![]() It was a one act play called Love in the Heart Zone that we did in my high school. Hector Amaya: I could say that I started writing as a kid, but my first official entry into writing would be in 1996 when I wrote my first play. Jelisa Jay Robinson: When did you start writing? Why did you choose to write? In between writing and teaching, Hector sat down with me to talk about his experiences creating new work, how his Garifuna identity plays into his writing, and his passion for playwright Edward Albee. Nowadays, Amaya uses his keen observations of the world to write stories that speak to the human condition. He also worked on a translation of Lope de Vega’s sixteenth century play Castelvines y Monteses, which he saw performed by UNT’s Theatre Department in 2005, and two years later by the historic Rose Theatre in London. While in high school, his play Fifty was the winner of the annual Houston Young Playwrights’ Exchange (HYPE) at the Alley Theatre, and three years later it became the first student written play to be produced by University of North Texas’ Theatre Department. In addition to writing plays, Amaya scripts short stories and poems, translates and works as a teacher. The Garifuna American playwright has scripted over two dozen plays that stem from his observations of the world around him. He quickly became my colleague, and we swapped plays and gave each other feedback on our stories. When I found out that the dapper man (he was always dressed in suits) who raised money for the regional theatre, also wrote plays, I wanted to know more. Language Spoken by Dr.I met Hector Amaya in early 2015 while working at the Alley Theatre. A "Maintenance of Certification Program" encourages board certified physicians to continue learning and self-evaluating throughout their medical career.
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