Lynn Nottage Quotes

Lynn Nottage — American Playwright born on December 30, 1964,

Lynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent. She is an associate professor of theater at Columbia University and a lecturer in playwriting at Yale University... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

I'm a schizophrenic writer.

In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.

If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that.

Lynn Nottage Quotes

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