Ellen McLaughlin Quotes

Ellen McLaughlin

American Playwright

Born: Nov 9, 1957

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Related authors: Arthur Miller August Wilson David Henry Hwang George C. Wolfe Howard E. Koch Lorraine Hansberry Lynn Nottage Sam Shepard

I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I now understand as courage in the work of others as well as in my own work, and I found I was mildly amused or interested by such plays but not deeply engaged or enlightened. Ellen McLaughlin

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I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter. Ellen McLaughlin

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I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much. Ellen McLaughlin

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