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Sarah Ruhl is an American playwright known for her unique narrative style and profound insights into human emotions. Her works cover a range of themes, including family, love, death, and religion. Ruhl's plays have been performed in numerous theaters and have won multiple awards.

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Famous Sarah Ruhl Quotes

“Don't make a wall of glass between your play and the people watching. Don't forget they were once children, who enjoyed being read to, or sung to sleep.”

Children Theatre Playwriting Fourth Wall Audiences

Book:100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

Source: 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark together, to be awake.”

Theater Theatre Theatre Life Sarah Ruhl

Book:100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

Source: 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark together, to be awake." Ruhl, Sarah. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater (p. 103). Faber & Faber. Kindle Edition.”

Theater Theatre Theatre Life

Book:100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

Source: 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

“Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.”

People World Believe Language Roots Brave Theatre Make Believe

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“A multivalent culture is an amazing place to be writing theatre.”

Writing Culture Theatre Amazing Places

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“I think theatre is a democratic act and I think writing a play is not a democratic act. I think we should give writers more leeway and space to write the thing they want to write, and then we should produce the play, multiple times, and let them re-write it.”

Thinking Want Giving Should Writing Play Space Produce Democratic Theatre Multiple

Author:Sarah Ruhl

About the Author

Born: 1974
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 43

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