Signature Stories Vol 6 | Page 9

ACCESS! Help keep tickets Give the Gift of Roslyn Ruff and Alexis Holt. Photo by Joan Marcus. Which non-theatre artists and works inspire you? Branden: I find myself idolizing a lot of visual artists – Adrian Piper, Glenn Ligon – and a lot of dance makers – Sarah Michelson, John Jasperse, Ralph Lemon. I return to a handful of poets and novelists with some frequency: Toni Morrison, Frank O’Hara, Louise Glück, Flannery O’Connor. And Joss Whedon may have had a bigger influence on me than I’d like to admit. Martha: President Obama and Henri Matisse. What are five plays, or pieces, you think everyone should read or see? Branden: Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill, Far Away by Caryl Churchill, In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. .sucraM naoJ yb otohP .tloH sixelA dna ffuR nylsoR YOUR DONATION AT ANY AMOUNT HELPS ENSURE AFFORDABLE ACCESS FOR TOMORROW’S AUDIENCE. PLAY IT FORWARD Visit signaturetheatre.org/donate or ^P??T??? ??]?H L ?????\HQT?[?H L?][???Y?]\?HX]?H?[\X\??[?\??\?[\???[??HYX?Y???H[?\??\ZY?[[??K?[\??\?\?]\??H]]?^?Y?HX???[??\??]\??H NYX\???Y?H?]?H\?[?[\?Z\??[??\?X?\]K?Y\??Y?H[?]H?]\?X^H\K?^??? ??? ?^S? ??[ ??\?]Y?????????[\?\???X\?N?H[??[?H??[?XY[??YH?]?]??[K?\?H\?\???[ ???YH[?H?\????\??]YK?\????X?\?x?)??X??[???\? ?H??[?YH??H?Z???&\?^\?[???Y\?HZY?[[Y\??Y?8?&\??X[K?Z?[???x?&\??]H???[??[?Y?\?????H?][?[?\?8?&\??\?\??)??]\?H[?H[?????[?????\??[?[?\??\?Y[??O???[?[??X?X[HH[??x?&[H[?????[?????\???YZ[???]]?\?[?H[?H??Y\?\?]?\?H?^?]?HYX\???)?X\?N????????????X??][?????\?HY?\?[?H[???HYX\?????\[??H]?H??YH?YHH???