The playwright speaks about the h productn of 'Sons of Prophet' and why he don't shy away om creatg unual gay characters
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IS SANTO FONTANA GAY?
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It's only afterward that you might thk, Why did this playwright take so many risks by loadg so much "difficult" material--havg three gay characters, so many dark nros, and tragic ( the te sense of the word) circumstanc--stead of craftg a simpler, more "marketable" play. Say, wh one ls gay brother--and fewer ailments. His first profsnal length productn was Speech & Debate 2007, which also featured a believable young gay character (played by the actor out gay actor Gion Glick the Off-Broadway n).
Wh two plays wh such hont portrayals of gay men unr his belt, we spoke to the playwright--and recent Out100 honoree--to see what tak to stick to one's visn and create such credible works of you have had two plays produced by Roundabout and have jt received a missn for a third. I realize you need a ltle b of space before you n procs any right ame of of the thgs that I'm cur about is that, while I was watchg Sons of the Prophet, I spected there was this gayns but wasn't obv and I was tryg to figure out.
CHIP DEFFAA’S GAY LOVE: SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND LONGG
But I thk a lot of the matee dience, who weren't gay, they had no ia and were shocked when sudnly me, the subscribers were shocked. [lghs] Well, 's also playg wh l, this notn that, if your lead character is gay, you need to know om like the third sentence.