Generally, the realm in which black playwrights have been allowed to achieve success has been social realism or musicals.

In the early '90s or so, I drove my father to Providence, Ky., his hometown, and he was pointing out, 'That's where the doctor's office was,' and 'That's where we bought ice cream.' And he was pointing to empty lots. When you lose communities, what do you have? We often survive by remembering the stories.

I've always tried to do shows in a filmic way. I like it when forms smack up against each other.

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