Ocupation: Playwright
Life: b. 1977
I just find something to learn in everything.
I remember getting to college and all of a sudden realizing that feminism was a dirty word to a lot of people and it was baffling to me. I would tell people that I was a feminist and they would look at me and go, "Why?" And that just made me feel more at home in those shoes.
Topics: Dirty, Home, College
People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.
Topics: Strong, Writing, Mean, Strong Female, I Live My Life
I had some great music teachers who were men, but I think there's something about having these master teachers who were women in my life. That's very meaningful to me and you see it in my work. I write a lot about matriarchs and the pain of it, the beauty of it, the burden of it, the love of it.
Topics: Meaningful, Teacher, Pain, Very Mean
I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and the immersive nature of the lifestyle I choose for playwriting.
Topics: Writing, Thinking, Decision
Each musical finds its own way.
Topics: Musical
Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.
Topics: Emotional, Novel
If any of my plays outlive me or get on library book shelves and somehow stay read, all of a sudden it's a testament to "that's part of our culture, that's part of our history."
Topics: Book, Library, Culture
