By and large, the theatre establishment is run by a white majority. Lynn Nottage More Quotes by Lynn Nottage More Quotes From Lynn Nottage Replace judgment with curiosity. Lynn Nottage replace judgment curiosity The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration. Lynn Nottage us frustration sometimes people The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you become. Lynn Nottage more go you theatre I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination. Lynn Nottage find dinner imagination sometimes I see procrastination and research as part of my artistic process. Lynn Nottage see procrastination research process Women are standing up and leaning forward and asserting their power. Lynn Nottage forward women standing power I like to go into a space, listen, absorb, and then interpret. Lynn Nottage listen go like space I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them. Lynn Nottage become who think art The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America. Lynn Nottage multicultural theatre today america Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living. Lynn Nottage get living business people 'Intimate Apparel' is a lyrical meditation on one woman's loneliness and desire. 'Fabulation' is a very fast-paced play of the MTV generation. Lynn Nottage woman generation loneliness desire My grandfather was a Pullman porter, and my father put his way through college by cleaning floors at night in the libraries. I understand that working people are in some way the bedrock of my existence and the existence of many people here. Lynn Nottage night father people way Silence is complicity. I believe that. Lynn Nottage complicity i-believe silence believe I'm a schizophrenic writer. Lynn Nottage writer schizophrenic I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive. Lynn Nottage woman thought women mother My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends. Lynn Nottage place kitchen friends mother I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has ever had in that particular space, and yet we couldn't find a home on Broadway. Lynn Nottage go theatre space home I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected. Lynn Nottage i-am women history people
