JEN SILVERMAN on Nila
"I was wandering through the mummy room in The National Museum in Cairo, I looked around and saw foreigners from tens of different countries, all of us mesmerized, seduced even, in the mummies’ stillness, their mystery, their age. What if the mummies opened their eyes and saw us trying to guess their secrets. What if they were fascinated? What would we think of each other if the one-way observation were suddenly turned two-way?"

CHAD BECKIM on That Men Do
"Its a play about loneliness. Sure, there are ghosts and laughs and horrible, freakish things that happen, but all of the ancillary ideas came together because of that single concept. I read about a bird (I forget the species) that invaded the nest of another bird and took over its family. This bird literally drove the parents away and “adopted” the chicks in the nest, feeding and caring for them as though they were its own. What if a man – so desperate and lonely – attempted to steal someone else’s family?"