I'm always hyperaware of the way in which working people are portrayed on the stage. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If the Tony Awards want to remain relevant in the American theater conversation, then they need to embrace the true diversity of… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
There were not a lot of women in the theater department - it was really run by men, and so the message… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
It is such a joy to join a legacy of amazing female playwrights who have managed to break through the glass ceiling… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I want the audience, when they leave, to think of the characters on the stage in three dimensions. I want them to… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
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… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
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?… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
The great thing about 'Vera Stark' is that my research was watching movies, screwball comedies, so I could literally sit back and relax. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
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,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share
