The Influence of Terrence McNally
a photo collage of Stephen Karam, Andrea Lepcio, Matthew Lopez
Stephen Karam - Photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey, Andrea Lepcio, Matthew Lopez - Photo by Matthew Murphy

Terrence was an ardent fan of the theatre and his fellow dramatists, often befriending, mentoring, and/or working with playwrights at every stage of their careers.  What was your relationship to Terrence?

 

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Stephen Karam
Stephen Karam

is the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans, Sons of the Prophet, and Speech & Debate. For his work he’s received two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an OBIE and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. He wrote and directed a film version of The Humans for A24 Films, which will be released in 2021. www.stephenkaram.com

Andrea Lepcio
Andrea Lepcio

is a playwright who lives in Maine, where she teaches yoga and does personal training when she’s not writing.

Matthew López
Matthew López

is the author of The Inheritance, for which he won the Olivier, the Drama Desk, the Evening Standard Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the GLAAD Media Award. The play was recently nominated for eleven Tony Awards, including Best Play.