STAGE TUBE: Dramatists Guild Panel - Doug Wright Talks HANDS ON A HARDBODY and More!

Dramatists Guild of America presented the 2nd Annual National Conference in Chicago "Having Our Say: Our History, Our Future" livestreaming on HowlRound TV channel on Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23. On Friday, Doug Wright spoke with Faye Sholiton about his character, HANDS ON A HARDBODY on Broadway this past season, and more. Watch the interview below!

Wright has brought to life on stage (and screen) some of our most memorable characters: The Marquis de Sade (Quills); Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (I Am My Own Wife); Big and Little Edie Beale (Grey Gardens); Ariel (The Little Mermaid -"Mermaids have needs, too."); and this past season on Broadway, ten East Texans in search of a free ride (Hands on a Hardbody).

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