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by his c h a r m i n g a n d i n g e n u o u s m a n n e r . D a v i d H a m p t o n , t h e brash boy's real n a m e , craved the a t t e n t i o n a n d status a c c o r d e d t o the rich a n d f a m o u s a n d s o u g h t t o be a part of the glittering (circle in the m o s t e x p e d i e n t m a n n e r that he c o u l d . David w a s finally c a u g h t , literally w i t h his p a n t s d o w n , in b e d w i t h a lover. H e w a s e v e n t u a l l y c o n v i c t e d o f f r a u d . W h e r e b e f o r e he h a d b e e n h a r b o u r e d w i t h pity a n d c a r i n g by t h e M a n h a t t a n glitterati, n o w he w a s s h u n n e d , a n d in a m o v e truly w o r t h y of a H o l l y w o o d film, he w a s b a n n e d f r o m N e w York City. David's story w a s so f a s c i n a t i n g that o n e e n t e r p r i s i n g B r o a d w a y star created a play inspired by his story. T w o d e g r e e s a w a y f r o m David H a m p t o n , J o h n G u a r e , a N e w York p l a y w r i g h t , m o v e d c o m f o r t a b l y in t h o s e s a m e circles of i n f l u e n c e in w h i c h David w a n t e d to play. G u a r e h e a r d t h e story o f D a v i d ' s e x p l o i t s t h r o u g h his w e l l - t o - d o f r i e n d s w h o story into his a w a r d - w i n n i n g play. Six Degrees which was made i n t o a f i l m in had o p e n e d their h o m e s to David. G u a r e t u r n e d the bizarre true of Separation, Stockard played 1996, starring Channing, Donald Sutherland and Will Smith, w h o Paul, t h e character based o n D a v i d . In Six Degrees worlds of Separation, rich a n d Guare writes about archetypical poor, black and white; those colliding: s e e m i n g l y w i t h o p p o r t u n i t y , a n d t h o s e s e e m i n g l y w i t h o u t . He bases t h e play in reality, b u t inflates s i t u a t i o n s t o elevate t h e m a b o v e t h e banality of t h e everyday, a l l o w i n g the a u d i e n c e t o viscerally e x p e r i e n c e the e m o t i o n a l intensity. There are m u l t i p l e A c o n m a n lies his w a y i n t o t h e lives of t h e rich a n d f a m o u s . S o m e o n e w r o t e a play a b o u t it. This is h o w it really h a p p e n e d . In 1 9 6 7 , Stanley M i l g r a m w r o t e an article that w a s p u b l i s h e d | in the p o p u l a r m a g a z i n e , Psychology between threads, family members connecting with friends connecting w i t h w o r k acquaintances; degrees of separation that c o m e back t o h a u n t t h e blithely u n s u s p e c t i n g characters. Circles of i n f l u e n c e intersect, a n d t h e ties of f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s b e c o m e e n t a n g l e d in a w e b of lies a n d s c a n d a l . This is a m o d e r n play that d r a w s us in w i t h its cleverly layered plot a n d edgily f r a g m e n t e d d i a l o g u e . W i n n e r of the N e w York D r a m a C r i t i c s ' C i r c l e A w a r d a n d an O b i e A w a r d , a n d finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Six Degrees play that will appeal to c o n s t r u c t e d w o r k s of art. W i t h r e f i n e m e n t , results f r o m t h e e x p e r i m e n t i n d i c a t e d t h a t there w e r e areas of higher connectivity, essentially small w o r l d s w i t h i n larger w o r l d s , c o m m u n i t i e s o f s o c i a l priority, s u c h as e t h n i c i t y or w o r k . M i l g r a m i d e n t i f i e d a " f u n n e l l i n g " e f f e c t , where certain people had more t h a n o n e line of c o m m u n i c a t i o n forwarded through them. Although Milgram's experiment proved to have s o m e inconclusive results at first, the galvanizing concept, that w e are all c o n n e c t e d t o e a c h o t h e r by an average n u m b e r of six p e o p l e , b e c a m e e n c a p s u l a t e d by t h e expression "six degrees of s e p a r a t i o n . " In 1983, a y o u n g m a n created a p e r s o n a that ushered h i m into the lives a n d hearts of M a n h a t t a n ' s elite. C l a i m i n g to be David :ier, t h e s o n of S i d n e y Poitier, this n i n e t e e n - y e a r - o l d b o y v i n c e d t h e w e l l - m e a n i n g , b u t g u l l i b l e , hoi polloi |with money, sustenance a n d shelter o n his behalf. t o part Six Degrees of Separation is p l a y i n g a t P r e s e n t a t i o n House T h e a t r e F e b 10 - 2 6 , T u e s d a y - S a t u r d a y . T i c k e t s (S16/12) @ 604.990.3474. www.pickledtheatre.com www.phtheatre.com Today, titled " T h e Small W o r l d P r o b l e m . 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