I'm honored the first show is at the Goodman. I have always been in awe of the theater, the spirit of generosity there and how much they give back to the community.

There's a universality in the story and its speaks to everyone.

What I love about the story is that it's all about friendship and embracing the differences in each other.

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure full of joy and hope, based rather upon the impulse to construct than upon the desire to retain what we possess or to seize what is possessed by others.