Tonya Mosley

The original play is set in 19th century Norway.

So we understand what life for a woman was back in those days.

But in your version, that confinement happened.

takes on new dimensions because you've reimagined her.

She's a mixed-race woman.

Her former lover and her husband's rival is also a woman.

Walk me through those decisions.

Okay, this is so fascinating.

First, I want to start with the race thing because your approach kind of feels different than blind casting, which is something that we've seen recently over the last few years.

It's not like you're ignoring race entirely by just choosing someone and just plopping them into a time period.

How do you view it?

How do you look at it?

We're kind of the great age of pretending.

And I wanted to unpack that a little bit.

What made it the perfect time period for your adaptation?

Oh my gosh.

Is that what we're going through right now?

I think you're right.

I mean, that's when you say safety comes in conformity.

I mean, I thought about all of those things.