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If we make well-crafted plays that express the essence of what it is to be human, then theatre will have a future...
Raymond Bobgan, Artistic Director, Cleveland Public Theatre
AT25: An Eye on the Future, American Theatre, April 2009

Lilly on Stage Entrances and Exits

June 8th, 2010

I try to keep stage business as simple and natural as possible. Entrances and exits ought to be natural. It is terrible when a character announces that he is going off to play tennis for an hour, and says in effect ‘Wait around, people; I’ll be back for another line in the next act.’

“Women Playmakers,” New York Times, May 4, 1941

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