December 19th, 2008 - 1:11 pm

Life-Changing Art: Irene Lewis

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What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?

When I was fifteen, my high school on Long Island put on a production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Prior to that, I had not been exposed to anything artistic—theater, classical music, dance, visual arts, what have you—but from experiencing that show, and seeing the depth of vision and human emotion presented on a stage through very simple means, I was hooked. I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

Irene Lewis is artistic director CenterStage, where her production of Tony Kushner's Caroline or Change runs through January 18.