How was interpreting the piece to a live-action medium different from interpreting it in comics format?
JV: The adaptation was performed by me, but adapted by David Drake. We had never seen the comic version; we knew the text from the magazine RAPID EYE and David had complete freedom to stage it in any way that he saw fit. He took his considerable experience in the stage and applied it to the piece, making it very stark and minimalist, but very beautiful and lyrical at the same time. When we finally saw the comic, we were surprised that the bottom of each page had two angels talking to each other, very much the way that David had staged the entire piece. They were no wings though, it was all illusion. ZS: How has the production been received? JV: Very well. It ran for two weeks and audiences were very surprised. My friends were also surprised, not just from seeing me in the stage for the first time, but because for most of it I was totally nude. Some of the most emotional reactions were from straight couples that came to see it. They we very affected by the content of the story. The revi
