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" A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart joke.' "
Will
Go
Saying
" As someone who lives with an animal, I think it's important to learn how to responsibly care for souls who don't have their own voice. They can't advocate for themselves. "
Voice
Animal
Care
" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "
Spring
Voice
People
" At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't to say we need to all be the same. It simply means we need to embrace each other's differences to help tell our stories together. "
Best
End
Help
" Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. "
Deaf
Now
Person
" Every decision you make has a consequence. "
Make
You
Every
" Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a world that I would never be a part of. "
Texas
Growing
Growing Up
" Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another. "
Together
Care
Rich
" Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. "
Diversity
Up
Conversation
" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "
Chance
Home
Family
" I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle. "
Back
Creating
Different
" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "
Then
You
Scary
" I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. "
Think
Sort
Safe Place
" I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way. "
Looking
School
Looking Back
" I love Disney. "
Disney
Love
I Love
" I'm interested in people's relationship to objects, so I think a lot of my work is very tactile. "
People
Work
Think
" I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. "
Just
World
Inspire
" I read 'Huffington Post' as if I am a shareholder. "
I Am
Post
Read
" I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "
Really
Beauty
Enjoy
" I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage. "
Go
Together
Looking
" I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. "
Home
Listening
Remember
" I tend to ask more questions than I should as an actor. "
Than
Ask
Actor
" I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. "
Think
How
Favorite
" I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. "
Think
Animal
Feeling
" It's exciting to share an art form that I would never have imagined sharing with the deaf community. Doing musicals, it's not like, 'Oh, I'll do a musical with a deaf person.' "
Deaf
Sharing
Doing
" It's my goal to help actors achieve their best work, and I think I speak the same language as actors, so I understand how they do it, and I just love being able to create the playground in which they build their beautiful sandcastle. "
Beautiful
Love
Work
" I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men. "
Men
Opportunity
Proud
" I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in. "
Environment
Create
Really
" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "
Lucky
Big
River
" I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put together, and I'd love for it to be nonverbal so it's something that someone with any communication ability can enjoy. "
Love
Together
Enjoy
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