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“I am quite aware of the contrast between how you assume things are one moment, and how they can utterly, irrevocably change in the next.”-Diana Son
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DIANA SON Was born in Dover, Delaware in 1965. On a field trip to New York City, in the twelfth grade, Son was bitten and smitten by the theatre bug while seeing HAMLET at The Joseph Papp Public Theatre. She moved to NYC and earned her Bachelors degree in Dramatic Literature at New York University. She received the Berilla Kerr award for playwriting and a nomination for the John Gassner Playwriting prize. Son, a current member of the Playwrights Unit in Residence at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, still lives in New York City. Her past plays include FISHES, BOY, R.A.W.[‘CAUSE I’M A WOMAN], STEALING FIRE, 2000 MILES, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK.
“The structure was crucial to the effect of the story.”-Diana Son See "Love Wins" - an interview by Dramaturg Sarah Raskin
“Writing would be my way of getting into the room.”-Diana Son See "Playwright's early start at writing has paid off" Joe Adcock, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“I am quite aware of the contrast between how you assume things are one moment, and how they can utterly, irrevocably change in the next.”-Diana Son See "A conversation with..." Kathy Janich of the Atlanta Constitution
“I am consistently interested in the conflict between how other people identify you and the more complex way in which you know yourself.”-Diana Son “Is it a political play in any sense?”-Jennifer Tanaka “In the sense that politics is a way of looking at events that happen to people. I would never personally say ‘This is a play about homophobia. This is a play about gay bashing. This is a play about the civil rights of gays and lesbians in America.’ I would describe the play as a love story.”-Diana Son An interview by Jennifer Tanaka and the play STOP KISS in American Theatre, JUL/Aug ’99. Vol.16 Issue 6, p26
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