“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 the play is still evolving I try to be at rehearsal as often as possible, and part of that casting process. You find new things when the language is living in different people's mouths.” PeopleTryingStillsDifferentPlayLanguageProcessMouthsEvolveNew ThingsCastingDifferent PeoplesRehearsal Author:Lynn Nottage
“I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the audience reaction." I'm like, "Then why do you do theater? You can write a book, then you don't have to see how the audience reacts." It's a living, breathing thing.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindBookAudienceTheaterFinalsReactionsBreathingNot InterestedBullshitCollaborators Author:Lynn Nottage