AMERICAN THEATRE

OFFSTAGE

Why did you choose to direct The Purists?

What touched me about it is it’s about people from totally opposite ends of the spectrum coming together and getting along, and choosing to honor each other’s diversity. And that’s an example of something that we need to see today, because there’s so much hate out there. The characters don’t get into the hate. They move beyond what could

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