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

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

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.

Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.

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.

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.