African american Quote by Suzan-Lori Parks

I'm a black American playwright. I couldn't be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they're all cut out of…

— August Wilson

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

— Edward Albee

I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.

— Katori Hall

To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

— Edward Albee

I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy. I don't…

— Chris Rock

I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person this year,'…

— Katori Hall

I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I grew up doing theatre and spent a long time as a playwright. I still think very visually when I write.

— Libba Bray

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and…

— Tituss Burgess

Generally, the realm in which black playwrights have been allowed to achieve success has been social realism or musicals.

— George C. Wolfe

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a…

— Eric McCormack

To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both.

— Leonard Bernstein