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" American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders. "
Lynn Nottage
Deal
American
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" I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative. "
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" 'Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished because I really wanted to explore the subject matter unencumbered. Otherwise, I felt as though I'd have the voice of dramaturges and literary managers saying, 'This is great, but we'll never be able to produce it.' "
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" When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are going to have to be rich enough that you want to take a very long journey with them. That's how I begin thinking about what I want to write about and who I want to write about. "
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" I do see myself as an old-fashioned storyteller. But there's always a touch of the political in my plays. "
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