WINNING PLAY, "RUINED", WHICH EXAMINED ANOTHER CRISIS:
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AN AFRICAN CIVIL WAR.
WHERE DOES THE COMPULSION COME FROM FOR YOU TO DO THIS KIND OF
WORK? >> IT COMES FROM CURIOSITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS TOLD MY STUDENTS, IS TO
REPLACE JUDGMENT WITH CURIOSITY. >> Brown: I MEAN, BECAUSE PEOPLE
USUALLY COME IN WITH JUDGMENTS? >> PEOPLE ENTER WITH JUDGMENT.
I THINK THAT JUDGMENT BECOMES A WALL.
AND RATHER THAN BEING PASSIVE AND SITTING BACK AND ALLOWING
THAT CURIOSITY TO SORT OF DIE, I REACH OUT AND ASK THE QUESTION.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I TRAVEL. AND THAT'S WHY I GO IN SEARCH OF
CHARACTERS. >> Brown: "SWEAT", DRAMA THAT
TAKES ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES NOW PART OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, IS IN WASHINGTON THROUGH FEBRUARY