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For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of Plays for the Plague Year. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting. Joan Marcus hide caption

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For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

With a revival of her Pulitzer-winning play Topdog/Underdog on Broadway, and her new show about COVID off-Broadway, the acclaimed playwright is still learning new things about herself.

For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of Plays for the Plague Year. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting. Joan Marcus hide caption

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Joan Marcus

Theater

For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

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For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

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