Christopher Durang collection, 1949- [ca. 2005-ongoing].

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Christopher Durang collection, 1949- [ca. 2005-ongoing].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7502101

Museum of Performance & Design

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Durang, Christopher, 1949-

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Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s. Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You was Durang's watershed play as it brought him to national prominence when it won him—at the age of 32—the Obie Award for Best Playwright (1980). His play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award f...