One forgets that before August, there was a very limited literature for black actors. August created a generation of actors, a huge number of very talented people who have their careers because of the depth and complexity they could find in the roles he wrote. And the work is so undeniably powerful that it crosses all kinds of lines.

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All his plays take place in a kind of eternal present tense. He never relies on exposition. He never believes that the past is verifiable. Nothing exists until the actors step out on the stage.

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I think August felt totally at home here, ... He loved Steven's work.

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