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" If the Tony Awards want to remain relevant in the American theater conversation, then they need to embrace the true diversity of voices that populate the American theater. "

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" I teach at Columbia, and I'm always looking for books I can lose myself in during the 45 minutes I'm on the train. "

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" In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion that a woman could actually forge a career in the theatre. Up until then, the possibility seemed remote and inaccessible, as I had very few role models who directly touched my life. "

" The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration. "

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" The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you become. "

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You

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" Each play I write has its own unique origin story. "

" 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. "

" I need a release from whatever I'm writing. "

" Even in Congo, where conflicts are happening, people have births, weddings, deaths, and celebrations. "

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" My grandfather was a Pullman porter, and my father put his way through college by cleaning floors at night in the libraries. I understand that working people are in some way the bedrock of my existence and the existence of many people here. "

" 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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" For me, the first thing is to tell a good story. "

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Good Story

" Broadway is a closed ecosystem. "

" It's very easy, when we're reading those articles on the 20th page of 'The New York Times,' to distance ourselves and say, 'It's someone else.' "

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" I am a storyteller by trade. "

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" My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends. "

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