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" By the time I reached 50, I'd accumulated many unresolved fears and desires. "
Lynn Nottage
Many
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" I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process. "
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" Broadway's never my end goal because of the plays I write. These are tough plays. Of course there's a lot of humor, but my goal is just to reach as wide an audience as possible, however that happens. "
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" Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again. "
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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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" Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie, Scott Joplin, klezmer music, and the American jazz performer and composer Reginald Robinson. "
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" My parents are avid consumers of art, collectors of African American paintings, and have always gone to the theater. My mother has always been an activist, too. As long as I can remember, we were marching in lines. "
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" By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority. "
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" African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. "
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" In listening to the narratives of the Congolese, I came to terms with the extent to which their bodies had become battlefields. "
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" By the sheer act of writing, we are trying to place value on the stories that we're invested in. "
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" Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power. "
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" I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has ever had in that particular space, and yet we couldn't find a home on Broadway. "
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" Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike. But now, that's being pre-empted by lockouts. They don't even have that leverage to protect their jobs. "
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" It's incumbent on us to reach beyond the confines of the institutions that traditionally produce art and find new ways to get it to the people. "
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" I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them. "
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" In my family history, there are generations of women who were abandoned by men. It's one of the themes of my family. "
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" The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America. "
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" I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country. "
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" I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret. "
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" In many ways, I consider those to be my formative years, because when you're in school, you have a distant relationship to the world in that most of what you're learning is from books and lectures. But at Amnesty, I came face to face with realities in a very direct and harsh way. "
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