Simon Stephens' "Maria:" Aggressive Optimism is Saving the World
"The theatre is a device for empathy " its job is to create better people." Those are the words of Simon Stephens, one of Britain's foremost, contemporary dramatists. His plays include Heisenberg, Birdland, Punk Rock, Harper Regan, Pornography, Motortown, and i Bluebird, which have been successfully staged at some of the world's most renowned theatres. Stephens's latest play […] The full version of the art…