I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level.

Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.

At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather giving the audience a voice and a role in experiencing theater.

When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

I don't want to be in an art bubble.

I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as a director . . . I believe it's actually radical to think about the audience.