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

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

Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way.

Creativity is a form of knowledge.

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.

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.