"I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation....It's a profound thought....How every person is a new door, opening up into other worlds."

Six Degrees of Separation first opened off-Broadway in 1990, and its original run was extended almost immediately.

Guare based the premise of his play on an actual incident—a young African-American man gained access to the homes of upper-class New Yorkers by pretending to be the son of actor Sidney Poitier –which he uses to create a commentary on the forces that drive people, bind them and fragment them.

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