Playwrights Horizons' "Downstate" Dives into Difficult Conversations

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 5, 2022

Playwrights Horizons "Downstate," written by Bruce Norris, follows four men convicted of sex crimes sharing a group home in downstate Illinois after a man shows up to confront his childhood abuser. Norris joins us alongside director Pam MacKinnon and actor K. Todd Freeman who plays Dee, a sex offender, to talk about the play. "Downstate" has been extended and is currently showing through December 22.

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