“It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterImaginationEasierTruthfulRepresenting Author:Lynn Nottage
“When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are going to have to be rich enough that you want to take a very long journey with them. That's how I begin thinking about what I want to write about and who I want to write about.” ThinkingWantWritingLongEnoughPlayCharacterRichJourneyLong Journey Author:Lynn Nottage
“I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end up imprinting on it - you hear their voices, you hear their rhythms. You can't help but to begin to write toward them during the rehearsal process.” ThinkingWritingTryingFirstsEndsPlayCharacterHelpingActorsProcessVoiceRhythmInitialsRehearsalImprinting Author:Lynn Nottage
“I want the audience, when they leave, to think of the characters on the stage in three dimensions. I want them to have empathy. I also want them to think about engaging more with where we are culturally.” ThinkingWantCharacterThreeAudienceStageEmpathyDimensionsEngagingThree Dimensions Author:Lynn Nottage
