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My fault now is making my plays too short.

Beth Henley

Fault

Now

I'm very into the first production of the show.

Beth Henley

First

Production

It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it done after so many years; because I wrote it and I didn't realize what a rage I was in.

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

Beth Henley

Lie

Class

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

Beth Henley

Being

School

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.

Beth Henley

Money

Theatre

I love writing for the screen.

Beth Henley

Love

Writing

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

Beth Henley

Being

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

Beth Henley

First

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.

The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.

Beth Henley

Art

Play

It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble.

Beth Henley

Character

Trouble

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

Beth Henley

Open

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.