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Christopher Durang
American
Playwright
About the author
When my parents separated, I was very grateful.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Parents
Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Film
#College
Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Play
#Balance
#Parents
#Care
#Funny
Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Acting
#Act
#Job
#Resentment
My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Thought
#Mother
#Father
#Profession
On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
My parents didn't really know one another.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Parents
I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Writer
#Theatre
I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Sister
Laughter can bring a new perspective.
Christopher Durang,
American
Playwright
#Laughter
#Perspective