I want them to recommend the play to their friends. So, yeah, I use a lot of humor. It makes people more willing to listen to the serious stuff. And there is a lot of serious stuff. People won't come.
People do laugh.
But they know there's something under the surface. And they want to find out what it is. Well, that's what I want to have happen. I want people to look at the world in a different way. That's the ultimate test of whether a play is successful.