This is the second play in which
he has utilized divorce as part of
the story, but it’s not a subject in
which he has direct experience.
His own parents have actually
been married for over 40 years.
He says he uses divorce as a vessel for dealing with loss — a common thread in his work.
“I’ve always been interested in
who we are when we lose things,
how loss tests us and puts us in
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the crucible, and how we often
come out of it deeply and profoundly changed,” said the playwright. “That process is very interesting to me, and I’ve always
written about it. The Book of D
fits right in, looking at how stories can help us navigate loss.”
Born in Louisiana, he is currently living in Hartford, Connecticut
where he is a teaching artist and
the programming coordina-
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