Over the past few weeks, I’ve been a bit busy and haven’t had the time or inclination to update The Director Sector regularly, with the exception of a few “here’s what i’m up to these days” posts.  Now, though, I’m getting settled into Chicago and I’m ready to start thinking theatre again.

Last night, I discussed with a friend of mine some ideas for plays that I had in my head.  After I finished my explanations, she said, basically, “What’s the point?”

So here’s my question of the day for you guys:
If you have to explicity explain the reasoning behind why you did what you did, or explicitly explain the moral or the lesson or whatever it is that you want the audience to take away from the play, should you even do the play at all?  If they miss the point and walk away from the show confused, have you lost them?

The two ideas that I have don’t have traditional plots, per se, but are more experiments in messing around with time, space, and possibilities.  They’re not about the characters, but more about whichever element I’m messing with at the moment.

Thoughts?  Do you need more specific examples?