"Dramaturgs are a special breed of artist who must handle multiple tasks at once. We are text analyzers; we are researchers; we are objective observers; we are expert question askers; we are a resource for the director and playwright and actors and designers, and we are creative diplomats who liaise with those involved. Generally, dramaturgs serve, as I learned from my dramaturgy mentor Lynn M. Thomson, as the memory of the process of theater making -- whatever that process may be -- and as Lynn has said, everything is process."
"Sometimes the role of the dramaturg involves serving as a form of translator, diplomat, or simply buffer between two artistic egos: that of the playwright and that of the director."
Bess Rowen
"A dramaturg represents the play in the room."Jeff Smith
