Young Jean Lee quotes

I like working with identities and stories outside of my own experience, so it's kind of just a necessity... (Young Jean Lee)
It's gone away from the thing that I hate, and now it's more the thing that I don't know how to do at all, or the thing that's really hard to do... View quote
Young Jean Lee
But theatre is so dominated by men that no matter what kind of sheltered bubble you're in, you're going to encounter sexist bullshit. That's just always going to be an issue... View quote
Young Jean Lee
When I'm making work, I'm very much thinking about how there's a relationship between whatever the play is doing and whatever sort of automatic dismissive mechanisms people have for not wanting to deal with a particular issue. I think all of my plays have some sort of issue that they're wrestling with that the audience normally doesn't want to wrestle with. They want to be like, "I know what that is,” and not have to wrestle, because it's a human instinct not to want to have to be challenged... View quote
Young Jean Lee

Young Jean Lee

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Occupation: American Playwright
Born: May 30, 1974
Quotes count: 4
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