Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 11:15 a.m.
Christopher Durang

Christopher Durang is a playwright whose works include the Tony Award-nominated A History of the American Film, The Actor’s Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Beyond Therapy (starring Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby With the Bathwater, The Marriage of Bette & Boo, Laughing Wild, Durang/Durang, Sex and Longing (starring Sigourney Weaver), and Betty’s Summer Vacation. His most recent works are Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, which premiered at City Theatre in Pittsburgh in 2002; Miss Witherspoon; the musical Adrift in Macao; and Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, which was written on commission from The Public Theater.

Location:
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

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