American - Playwright | February 19, 1958 -
The stage gives you more control over your own work; in television, there's a distressing amount of communal writing. Unless it's your show, you have no control over that. You're at the mercy of whoever's running the show.
Theresa Rebeck
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I find a lot of input from other people very stressful.
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One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre.
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I'm not ashamed of being American; I'm very proud.
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We have this powerful ideological basis to the country that I don't think any other country in the world quite can brag about. It's a very complicated nation, and it's very fertile.
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Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is?
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The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America.
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I had such a good experience doing 'The Understudy' with the Roundabout, and people were really enthusiastic about the work.
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I sincerely believe that for the New York theatre to remain relevant, all our major producing institutions should be presenting new American plays.
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A lot of times, I think people feel that new plays are suspect, and actually, I don't know where that came from. I completely disagree with it!
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I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment.
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The audience just doesn't care. They are just as interested in women-centric stories as they are in stories about men.
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