“And then, at the same time—in a place that is buried deep in my core—I want this play to be good. I want to be transported by it. I want it to fulfill its contract with me, the audience member—I want it to wrap itself around me, bring me someplace I can’t get by myself. I want it to tell me things about myself that I can’t bear to know, but tell them to me in a way that makes it possible to know them.”