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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. "
Lynn Nottage
Abandoned
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" My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based on nothing more than generating income for themselves and their theaters. "
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" I wonder: Would there be a black president if people hadn't already begun imagining, through film and television, that a black man is president? It's self-actualization. "
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" The presence of a bed changes the way people interact. "
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" I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire. "
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" I try to be led by my curiosity. "
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" Replace judgment with curiosity. "
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" I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret. "
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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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" All of my plays are about people who have been marginalized... erased from the public record. "
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" By the time I reached 50, I'd accumulated many unresolved fears and desires. "
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" American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders. "
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" I wouldn't say I see my work as having a political ideology. Lynn Nottage certainly has a political ideology. I think that the work is an extension of who I am, but I don't think that when I write the play I'm looking to push the audience one way or another. "
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" By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority. "
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" I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process. "
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" I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive. "
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" When I sat in rooms with middle-aged white men, I heard them speaking like young black men in America. They had been solidly middle class for the majority of their working careers, but now they were feeling angry, disaffected, and in some cases, they actually had tears in their eyes. "
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America
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" As a woman of color, slowly and with some coercing, the not-for-profit theaters around the country are beginning to recognize and embrace the power of our stories, but with regards to Broadway and other commercial venues, we remain very much marginalized and excluded from that larger creative conversation. "
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" It is such a joy to join a legacy of amazing female playwrights who have managed to break through the glass ceiling and reinvigorate the Broadway stage by bringing a fresh and necessary perspective. "
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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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" The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long. "
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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. "
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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'm always hyperaware of the way in which working people are portrayed on the stage. "
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" I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way on the stage. "
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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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" I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. "
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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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" 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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" We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that are holding Broadway back. "
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" There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also been part of my experience there. It's not just war and famine all the time. "
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