09/19/2014
"I love observing and I love learning, listening, hearing the stories of other people. So the kind of real aspect Theater provides in making people listen to stories, making people see other people, and see other perspectives is incredibly valuable to me and having the opportunity to represent just one of the billions of stories is incredible. Just generally being an African-American in Theater is also incredibly important to me just because of everything happening right now, it's very important for representation to be as accurate as possible. So if, for example, I go up on stage and I stick to the general media representation of what an African-American is, that's harmful. I've met so many other African-Americans that have been not what everyone has seen portrayed by media, that It has become incredibly important to me to represent that." - Lindsay Zae Summers, 19, Theater Sophomore
(Originally from Washington, D.C.)