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

Writing Culture Theatre Amazing Places

Author:Sarah Ruhl

“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

“What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.”

Want Needs Writing I Can Home Kids Values Rehearsal

Author:Sarah Ruhl

“I found that life intruding on writing was, in fact, life. And that, tempting as it may be for a writer who is a parent, one must not think of life as an intrusion. At the end of the day, writing has very little to do with writing, and much to do with life. And life, by definition, is not an intrusion.”

Thinking Writing May Littles Ends Facts Found Parent Definitions The End Of The Day Tempting Intrusion

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

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Born: 1974
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 43

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

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