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Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.

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President Obama became our first African American president, and for me, it is the stuff of which dreams are made.

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A lot of times, we are trapped by our own false sense of security. You can do whatever it is you put your mind to. Your goal is to find your purpose.

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To me, I'm sort of like Dorothy in 'The Wiz.' It kind of parallels my life. It's a story that reminds me... that home is where the love is. So if I go to Tampa or St. Pete, and I feel the love there, that's my home. That's where the love is.

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When I'm acting, I'm just worried about that piece of the pie, contributing to the whole. But when you're directing, you... get the vision out of your head and on the stage.

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In the early '90s, there was an attention to diversity. In this country, diversity was a good thing. People would use words like 'multicultural' and like it. Now, politically, those words are out. But I still feel theaters have to be diverse in order to survive.

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The first 45 or 50 years of the regional theater movement, all these folks, they built these theaters. The job of the next generation is to maintain them.

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I was a political science major. I was always interested in social impact.

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I'm not one to spend my life asking the question, 'Is there racism in America?' Certainly there is. But I want to do something about it.

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As an older generation, we need to give all our young people love and the possibility of realizing their dreams. For instance, if I get really political, the fact that some people can't go to college, can't even think about college, that's not American; that's not right.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 10th, 1956

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