Kirsten Greenidge

“I’m an artist. I write plays. So my first call — to the heavens, to battle — usually involves a call to create in the midst of so much destruction.”

“I’m most excited about being ‘in the room.’ To me, as a theatre artist, it is really one of the best feelings in the world.”

“I got interested in children who fall through the cracks…We love to think these kids fall through the cracks because there is something wrong with them or their parents. I think all children are beautiful and smart.”

“The moment any of us claims we do not care is the moment we cease to see what is human and valuable and savable in each other and in ourselves…”