My favorite thing as a performing artist is to get a pile of raw material from a writer who says, 'Will you… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When it comes to your creative life and what it's going to take, you will do a disservice to everybody if you… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists.… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
