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

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.

For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

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

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

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.