Who Killed Spalding Gray?

by Daniel MacIvor

Overview

Sit down, Daniel’s going to tell you a story. On the weekend of January 10, 2004, American monologist Spalding Gray killed himself by jumping off the Staten Island Ferry in New York City. That same weekend, Daniel MacIvor was in California, visiting a psychic surgeon who offered to save his life by removing a spiritual entity that had attached to him. But what if Spalding’s death had something to do with Daniel’s entity? Linking these two true parallel stories is fiction derived from Gray’s obsessions and MacIvor’s inventions about a man named Howard who had forgotten how to live.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770918368
Publisher:	Playwrights Union of Canada
Publication date:	11/20/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	72
File size:	686 KB

About the Author

Daniel MacIvor is a playwright, performer, and producer who divides his time between Toronto and Nova Scotia. He has been the recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Siminovitch Prize, a New York Obie Award, and a GLAAD Award. His plays include Never Swim Alone, In On It, His Greatness, and The Best Brothers and have been translated into French, German, Czech, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese. Most recently with producer Marcie Januska, Daniel has been running Toronto-based reWork Productions, developing new theatre and film. He is also the creative consultant for venerable queer media company Pink Triangle Press, creating new media that encourages allyship and advocacy.

Editorial Reviews

"It's hard not to get swept up in his message that life is what you make it, but it's sad when some can no longer take it." —Stephen Cooke, Chronicle Herald

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