I teach, I write, I direct. I get a lot of productions all over the world. It's infinitely more involved with the dollar bill, with commerce, and it's harder and harder for serious playwrights to get the attention they deserve. Any kind of theater we want, we can have, and we'll get what we deserve. If we go just for escapism, that's what we'll get, and that, more and more, is what has happened.
People have to go out of their way, to regional and smaller theaters, to see the really good stuff.
It's a sad condition. We have a lot of good playwrights, but they're usually not household names. Albee discourages his students from considering a playwriting career. I tell them what a tough racket it is. Then things got better for him.