I've Never Seen A Great Actor Do

There's A Way In Which 'the Illusion' Is A Play About The Theater.

Accuracy Is Paramount In Every Detail Of A Work Of History. Here's My Rule: Ask Yourself, 'did This Thing Happen?' If The Answer Is Yes, Then It's Historical. Then Ask, 'did This Thing Happen Precisely This Way?' If The Answer Is Yes, Then It's History; If The Answer Is No, Not Precisely This Way, Then It's Historical Drama.

That It Should Be The Questions And Shape Of A Life, Its Total Complexity Gathered, Arranged, And Considered, Which Matters In The End, Not Some Stamp Of Salvation Or Damnation That Disperses All The Complexity Into Some Unsatisfying Little Decision - The Balancing Of Scales.

The Kind Of Theater That I Do Is Sort Of ‘narrative Realism,’ Which I Think In The Broadest Sense Is Legitimate To Say Is Mainstream. I Mean, In A Certain Sense, Suzan-lori's Plays Have Had Mainstream Levels Of Success. But Suzan-lori Is In Some Ways Not A Narrative Realist.

You Have To Have Hope. It's Irresponsible To Give False Hope, Which I Think A Lot Of Playwrights Are Guilty Of. But I Also Think It's Irresponsible To Simply Be A Nihilist, Which Quite A Lot Of Playwrights, Especially Playwrights Younger Than Me, Have Become Guilty Of.