Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by the characters and by their story . . .. I kept trying to force it, but that doesn't work. So I had to come to terms with what it meant for me to create a character who doesn't triumph.