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I think the play sort of ties into my own personal journey. I was confused and saw that picture of the angel and something just snapped, but I didn’t quite know what it meant yet.” The play is loosely based on a bunch of friends that Paprzycki had at the time. He said he was working at a horrible job, but had a couple friends he hung around with to get lunch and drinks. This is the third of five plays he’s written based in Camden. All are different stories with different char- February 2015 Article Index acters, but the characters here are more or less composites of people he knew. Looking back, the playwright says he sees some parallels with what was happening to him during the period in which he wrote the play. “Could I write this play today?” asked Paprzycki. “I don’t know. I don’t know if I would have the same inspiration or if the people around me are the same… What makes me so happy is I don’t feel like I’m watching a play, I feel like I’m sitting next to people in a Chi- Next Article 21