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summarized key themes from Durang's plays in a review written in 1994: 1) narcissism; 2) fear of engagement with a danger-filled world; 3) the strangulating nature of family ties; 4) sexual disorientation and the tenuousness of individual identity. To this list the abusive power of authority figures
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He wrote his first play at age eight. His Catholic grammar school cancelled class one afternoon and put on his play. Later while he was attending Delbarton School in Morristown, he and a friend wrote two musicals, 'Banned in Boston' and 'Businessman's Holiday.' You won't find these in his collected
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as an early influence on his creative vision, a black comedy in which a woman totes her dead husband's corpse on vacation with her. Humor is one way of resolving conflict and anxiety, and black comedy goes a step further to relieve tension regarding subjects that are typically difficult to think
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Durang suggested that his form of humor requires a double-consciousness, an ability to register scenes of cruelty or pain, while simultaneously comprehending the humor.  He credited
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I exaggerate awful things further, and then I present it in a way that is funny, and for those of us who find it funny, it has to do with a very clear
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was Durang's watershed play as it brought him to national prominence when it won him the Obie Award for Best Playwright (1980). His play
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While Durang's use of parody and his criticism of many social institutions might appear overly cynical at times, he stated:
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special, features a grieving widow (Burnett) who is disturbed at her husband's wake by an eccentric mourner, played by
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comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s.
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Brantley, Ben (November 14, 1994). "Durang Durang: Plays That Cast as Irreverent Eye Over Two Revered Playwrights".
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from 1984 to 2016, teaching playwrights Joshua Harmon and Noah Haidle, as well as Pulitzer-Prize winning
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Durang died from complications of aphasia at his Pennsylvania home on April 2, 2024, at the age of 75.
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works but they certainly suggest a young man with an active imagination and a penchant for writing.
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that states a Knowledge editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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Durang performed as an actor for both stage and screen. He first came to prominence in his
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On May 17, 2010, he was presented with the very first Luminary Award from the
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that includes "Mrs. Sorken", "For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls" (a parody of
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Durang was awarded numerous fellowships and high-profile grants including a
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
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in 2013. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin, and featured
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Durang appeared as himself on the October 11, 1986 episode of
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Much of Durang's style can be attributed to the aesthetic of
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Durang's 1987 sketch "The Funeral", written for a televised
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Durang wrote a number of unproduced screenplays, including
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personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay
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Christopher Durang: Complete Full-Length Plays, 1975–1995
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PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
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His plays have been performed nationwide, including on
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David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
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about, such as death, family dysfunction, or torture.
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