It's the Intermission
A Creative Coffee Break

That’s why I wrote the play – for myself – to be inspired in some way. You know, to pick garbage up off the road, go to Rwanda to write a play about the genocide, to continuously do things that not only improve myself but improve the world. That’s why I write and I just hope that people in the theatre coming to see the play will be inspired to do whatever they feel they need to do to improve themselves and the world. I just truly hope it moves and challenges and inspires other people to do better.

Playwright Katori Hall
from an interview about her play
The Mountaintop
Whatsonstage.com, August 10, 2009