About the Author:
Playwright Stephen Karam, whose family drama Sons of the Prophet is gearing up to open off-Broadway after its debut at Boston’s Huntington Theater, is right at home at off-Broadway's Laura Pels Theatre. He has nothing but fond memories of his last play, Speech & Debate, the inaugural production at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Underground space one floor below his current venue. The Brown University grad and MacDowell Colony Fellow is also the author of columbinus (produced at New York Theatre Workshop) and Girl on Girl (Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep). He’s now hard at work on a film version of Speech & Debate and new project Dark Sisters, an original chamber opera with composer Nico Muhly. Below, Karam lets Broadway.com in on what it feels like to be back on his old stomping grounds, move into his first proscenium theater and finally quit his day job.
Sons of the Prophet is a dark comedy about human suffering. The play explores the particularly messy portions of life—the times where you find yourself coping with multiple life issues, and before any of them can be resolved, two more show up on your plate. We’ve all ...
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