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.
CHIP DEFFAA’S GAY LOVE: SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND LONGG
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. 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.
Durg the mate, you always hear someone say, "They're BOTH gay? I jt thk the realy of our generatn is that we all know someone who is "post-gay, " who me out by jt brgg their boyiends home middle school.
So I thk what was even riskier gettg the dience to accept was havg two gay brothers and also havg that be somethg that jt there's an extend fay that also seems able to pe and handle is a realy for a lot of people. I thk I saw one on a b on some MTA, you aren't followg the formula many others seem to follow if they want a "gay play" to be sort of gay play is that? You wre a play that has the gay scene, the sexy scene, the first scene bee the gay guys are gonna e back for the flh.