You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good for them, because it's the vegetables that they should eat and the culture shot that they… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry to say, 'The audience has left the building. People don't want culture anymore.' — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have to program… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
