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Coming to Independent Lens - Playwright: From Page to Stage

Season 15 Episode 5 | 30s

The lives of two outstanding young playwrights — one, an African American from Miami’s inner city; the other, an Indian American from Cleveland — are brought together inextricably in the process of creating a new language for the stage.

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