you don’t always have.”
Malick agrees. “There is something absolutely thrilling about
being the first person to tackle
a character and being able to
work with a playwright. That’s
the most delicious part of this.
All of us have been allowed to
enter this collaboration with our
director and our playwright and
I think that is just something you
cherish because it doesn’t happen all that often.”
Director Joe Cacaci, who is an
old friend of Cole’s asked him
to consider the play. Cole said
he didn’t know much about NJ
Rep, but once he read the play
he was sold. “For an actor to
be successful, it all begins with
material, and this play hooked
me when I read it,” recalled Cole
who was a member of Steppenwolf’s ensemble for many years.
“Hopefully Closure can help play
a part in NJ Rep’s continuing
commitment to new work. Any
theater devoted to new works is
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