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Lynn Nottage Quotes

American - Playwright | 1964 -

There were not a lot of women in the theater department - it was really run by men, and so the message was that women can be onstage, but women can't really be backstage.

Women Men Run Backstage Message

I'm a contemporary playwright in a postmodern world.

World Contemporary Playwright

In my family history, there are generations of women who were abandoned by men. It's one of the themes of my family.

Family Women History Men Abandoned

Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again.

Play Want Write Same See Again

All of my plays are about people who have been marginalized... erased from the public record.

People Marginalized Been Who Public

I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it.

Learning Trying Know Say Open How

The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.

Saying You Artist Act Shape Helps

My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based on nothing more than generating income for themselves and their theaters.

People Decisions Hollywood Nothing

There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also been part of my experience there. It's not just war and famine all the time.

Life Time Experience War Africa Way

Saying, 'I'm going to create jobs' is great, but before you create jobs, something has to be offered to alleviate some of the suffering now.

Great Suffering Saying You Create

American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders.

American Outside Borders Deal Very

I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way on the stage.

Theatre American Conversation Way

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