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Stephen Karam Quotes

American - Playwright | -

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.

Community School College Me Result

I had spent four months in Cedar City, Utah, right after graduation as an intern at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. It's a town that has many people living the polygamous lifestyle.

People City Graduation Living Right

I think it's scary to be alive, but also exhilarating and joyful.

Think Alive Scary Joyful I Think

I was not exposed to a lot of culture. The shows we saw in high school, like 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Miss Saigon,' were thrilling. But my love affair with theater started with seeing a production of 'Little Shop of Horrors' that my sister was in.

Love Culture School Sister Seeing

My own journey as a writer has been the discovery of different theatrical voices. Chekhov was a revelation. Tennessee Williams was another one. We read 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and I still remember the cover.

Journey School High School Remember

I definitely prefer to write under my own volition and see what happens.

My Own Write See Own Happens Prefer

The human condition is endlessly fascinating to me, and the existential horrors of life are what drive our imaginations and theater in general.

Life Me Drive Human Existential Our

I don't think I could write a good play if I was setting out to write about the death of the American middle class.

Good Death Think American Play Out

All of my plays are deeply autobiographical. But it's not straight autobiography.

Autobiography Straight Deeply Plays

I don't know how to produce work if it's not something that's deeply scaring me or troubling me.

Work Me Know Something How Deeply

Until I have a family or a mortgage, I'm trying to keep my lifestyle simple and my apartment affordable so that I can continue to focus on theater. That's as good as it gets for me.

Family Good Focus Simple Me Trying

I worry that I will lose control over the projects I get to work on.

Work Control Worry Lose Will Over

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