American playwright Bill Cain writes smart, funny plays. Milwaukee audiences were introduced to his play Equivocation at Next Act Theatre last winter. And now they have a chance to see a show just as funny and sharp but a lot more personal. In How to Write a New Book for The Bible, Cain tackles the story of the end of his mother’s life and how she, and the rest of the family, cope.
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Jack Dwyer, who plays Bill, says the play asks some fundamental questions that come up as we contemplate life without our parents: "How am I going to go on? Who am I going to become? What do these people mean to me and how do I figure that out before I never see them again?"
Director David Cecsarini, actor Carrie Hitchcock, who plays Mary, the mother, and Dwyer join us to talk about the play:
