“I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire.” WritingI CanWarPlayMomentsStoriesWantedRememberFireCrossesDemocraticCaughtEndlessObsessedRepublicCongoEndless WarDemocratic Republic Author:Lynn Nottage
“Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.” MindPlayEconomicsPlaywrightShrinking 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
“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 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'm interested in the moments where the audience is restless. I'm interested in the moments where they lean in and become incredibly engaged: the laughter, the silence. All of that is part of how I think about shaping and rewriting the play.” ThinkingPlayMomentsSilenceAudienceLaughterEngagedRestlessRewriting Author:Lynn Nottage
“A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse.” HumansPlayForceResponsibilityMoralRightsAbuseVictimHuman RightsMoral Responsibility Author:Lynn Nottage
