The play contains some very frank discussion of sexuality, including gay sexuality, and Churchill makes a lot of provocative points about gender and race.

Sexuality is so much less provocative than everyone makes it out to be. What's really underneath it? That's what [the story] is about.

I wanted to highlight the play's political overtones, particularly since our run comes closely after an election. As Americans, I think that we're sometimes able to distance ourselves from the history of colonialism, thinking 'those were different times and different countries.' But we have our own issues, particularly regarding treatment of Native Americans.

I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't

AT YOUR AGE AND AS SEXUALLY ACTIVE AS YOU ARE, IT MIGHT BE A MURPHY BED YOU'RE CRAWLING OUT OF, NOT THE CLOSET - Bruce Banter

Masters points out that the heterosexuals were at a disadvantage, as they do not benefit from what he called “gender empathy”. Doing unto your partner as you would do unto yourself only works well when you’re gay.