We mustn’t cut the tongues of young people. Create something you want, if it doesn’t yet exist. Hall wanted to see brownness on stage. I’ve been called “nigger” and “Black bitch” before. She writes about what she wants to learn about. The US has made strides, as far as social rights were concerned, but in the deep South people were still backwards. For example, people cried when Obama was elected President. The seeds of racism are still growing (rf. Donald Sterling as Lightning Rod). I have a starting point… I’m always surprised about what my characters say and do. I write about family members, and even take on their nicknames. This grounds her on dialect and content. We have to be truthful to our characters and how they speak.
Over the next few weeks, I capture episodes of the National Theatre: Playwriting series. These are instrumental lessons, as I work at my play "The Room." The above are my notes.
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