Yeah, I Have The Detail-obsessed, Controlling Personality

I Was Raised By A Single Psychologist Mother And We Spent Every Evening Sitting At The Kitchen Table And Dissecting Our Emotions And Speculating About The Inner Life Of Everyone We Knew.

If Anything, I Was The Opposite Of Most College Students Who Think They Can Do Anything.

I'm Terrible At Speaking Extemporaneously About My Work - I Get Completely Tongue-tied And Consumed With Fear.

For Me, On Every Project, I Realize That I've Boxed Myself Into A Corner, Or That The Play Necessitates Some Sort Of Theatrical Convention That I Realize I Hate While I'm Making It. So Then The Next Play Is Always A Rebellion. Or Like, The Thing I Didn't Even Realize I Was Doing Last Time I Will Make Sure I Don't Do This Time. But There's Always Some Other Blind Spot. And Then That Blind Spot Inspires The Play That Comes After.

For Early Plays Of Mine, I Started With Character. But I Think That's Because I Hadn't Been In Theaters; I Hadn't Worked That Much. I'm Very Interested In Character, Obviously, But Once I Started Having My Plays Produced, I Became So Fascinated By The Theatrical Experiment And The Weirdness Of Theatrical Space, So Now All My Plays Start With Space And Stage Picture And Setting - Or Container Is Maybe The Better Way To Put It.