Katori Hall
Playwright
1981-05-10
Quotes by Katori Hall
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I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.
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It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.
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Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season.
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I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.
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I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance.
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