"A lot of people want to tell me their stories, and it’s not just the people who were alive back then. Though the play deals with AIDS, it’s about more than just the epidemic. It deals with things that plague gay men now. It’s very much about addiction, too. And the audience’s experiences run the gamut. And these audiences feel emboldened in the best way possible to not keep secrets. And they feel like they trust us enough to tell us their stories. It’s a beautiful thing."
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On the impact of The Inheritance in “PLAYWRIGHT MATTHEW LOPEZ WANTS TO HEAR YOUR STORIES” in Interview Magazine (2019 Nov 14)
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