Getting to Yes, And… | Sarah Ruhl – ‘Lessons From My Teachers’

Kelly welcomes renowned playwright, poet and teacher Sarah Ruhl back to the podcast. Sarah is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony Award nominee, and the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Fellowship. She has a new book, it’s called “Lessons from My Teachers.” 

“Our phones can give us facts but not story; information, but not relation.” 

“Sometimes the teacher is wrong, and you should refuse to do their assignment.” 

“Theatre folk exist in a state of perpetual emergency. And yet, it’s almost never really an emergency.”