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Stephen Karam Quotes

American - Playwright | -

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

Good Time Think Choice Rhythm Over

I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

Go Everything Out Production Unless

'Sons of the Prophet' is a dark comedy about human suffering. The play explores the particularly messy portions of life - the times where you find yourself coping with multiple life issues, and before any of them can be resolved, two more show up on your plate. We've all been there, I'd wager.

Life Yourself Suffering Comedy You

Under Todd Haimes' leadership, Roundabout created a black-box theater whose sole mission was to house premieres by writers who are just starting out and have zero name recognition.

Leadership Name Recognition Mission

I'm drawn to writers with skill sets I don't have.

Skill Drawn Sets Writers

In writing 'The Humans,' I obsessed over the financial district and the architecture.

Architecture Writing Financial Over

'The Cherry Orchard' is a masterpiece, and there can never be too many adaptations.

Masterpiece Never Cherry Many Too

Chekhov would have been an excellent screenwriter. He is singularly good at dipping in and out of a group of people's lives, like Robert Altman did.

Good People Group Out Been Would

I was sending off my plays almost like an 8-year-old would send letters to Santa Claus. So it was a bit of a miracle when the Blank Theatre Company actually called and selected a terrible little play that I wrote.

Theatre Play Letters Company Miracle

To see professional actors do my work, to take it seriously - that was the thing that made me think playwriting could actually be what I do. It's not a profession that has some sort of clear career track, like, 'This is what you do to be a playwright.'

Work Me Think You Career Seriously

'Columbinus' was four years of my life, collaborating with a lot of people and gathering lots of information.

Life People My Life Information Four

I was talking to so many teenagers for so long that I started to feel like, 'I have my own story I want to tell, and I need to do it soon.' So I started to store away pieces that eventually became 'Speech & Debate.' I felt this burning need to write it while I still had not only all of the ideas but the passion to do it.

Passion Ideas Story Talking Speech

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