Theatre imitates real life

Theatre is life. Theatre is personality. Theatre is relationships.
I start off by saying this because it is the truth. Most plays and musicals are based off of real people or people like the writer. Writers write about what they know. All plays and writing peices are unique because the author comes from a different background.
I feel like books, articles, and essays are very similar to a play by the way they tell a story about where that person is in their life, or if it is not personal it tells about a current issue in society. As I said before theatre is life.
When I read I get into the author's head. I try to identify with them in some aspect. When you can identify with the author or a character than it is more interesting to me. I can identify.
 I read Library Card by Richard Wright. This article tells about one who strives for knowledge on different points of view. As I work in the theatre world I jump into the characters heads to see what they believe in and what will help the audience know that. Plays work from so many types of views because of the contrasting actors in the play. The protagonist believes one thing and often the antagnoist believes in a completly different thing. The more I read and the more I learn the more I can see why someone has that point of view.
I also read Mother Tongue by Amy Tan. Amy tan writes about speaking in a different language to her mother which is broken english so that she understands her. I feel like this is very intersting because directors go through this with their actors of how to say their lines. Say it is a very shy self-conscious charachter, she/he is not going to talk incredibly loud. She/her would most likely be quiter and softer in speech. Also another language a director always looks at is the charachters body language because it conveys who that person is and how the audience should perceive them.
The more I read and the more I live the more I can identify with others and the reasoning behind their actions.