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If you are looking for a sense of justice, that’s not what I’m doing. I’m telling many truths. I don’t have to represent.

— Dael Orlandersmith

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The outsiders. I’m interested in the people that don’t necessarily fit and the thing that gives you permission to be uncomfortable. I like dark work because you’re forced to learn about certain things…

[All of the characters] are composites. You’re looking at what could be. There’s theatrical truth to it, which is: maybe this isn’t verbatim, but it’s within the realm of possibility…

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