Another idea is building theater relationships. I go out to see lots of people's work. I don't see who I am as an artistic director as someone that's just here at Arena. I think of Arena really as the mother ship. It's one of the major regional theaters in the country.
Theaters grow in clusters like grapes.
Last year and this year, there's been a focus on American writers, which includes for me Canadian writers and writers from Latin America. There's no other major American theater focusing in this way. And I think it's really important to pay attention to our writers. I think that's great. It really is part of Arena's legacy.