"The American South has left plenty of marks on theatre. Tennessee Williams, Beth Henley, and Langston Hughes, to name a few, have each found their way into the history books. They belong to the past, however, and even though the rest of the country may not realize it, the South has persisted into the present. As times change, and the region that was briefly called Confederate changes with them, we need to look to the current moment and see how theater has risen to reflect this new South."—playwright Ryan Stevens