Lanford Wilson(1937-2011)

Lanford Wilson was a co-founder, along with Marshall W. Mason, Tanya Berezin and Robert Thirkell, of the Circle Repertory Theatre Company in New York. This company was the starting place for many actors and writers who went on to film and television work, including Jeff Daniels, Zane Lasky, Barnard Hughes, William Hurt, Conchata Ferrell, Christopher Reeve, Tony Roberts and Fritz Weaver. Wilson's work with director Mason and the company are the subject of several books, including "A Comfortable House" by Philip Middleton Williams, published by McFarland & Company, 1993, ISBN0-8995-0836-7.

I want people to see - and to read - my plays and to say: "This is what it was like living in that place at that time. People haven't changed a damn bit. We can recognize everyone."