I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.
Beth HenleyThat was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
Beth HenleyBut when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn't a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don't have to be very smart.
Beth Henley