On Theatre – Oskar Eustis
Nico on Dec 14 2007 at 9:50 pm | Filed under: General Theatre, Quote
Theatre and democracy were invented in the same place and in the same decade. When two actors on stage talk to each other, at that moment a different emotion is demanded from the audience. It’s the emotion of empathy. The same emotion that is required for theatre to work is the emotion that is required for democracy to work — the idea we need to care about each other’s experience.
Oskar Eustis
The Public Theater
former director of the Eureka Theatre Company
dramaturge of the San Francisco production of You Can Lead a Horse to Water.
