By Jay Sekulow
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Rajiv Joseph's play "The North Pool" opens with an 18-year-old high school student being sent to see the vice principal over what seems to be a skipped class.
Drug addiction, religion, the Iraq war, class warfare and marital sacrifice - it's been a grim season on Broadway. But not for the playwrights.
At a cafe in Brooklyn near his home, playwright Rajiv Joseph locks eyes with an adorable toddler in a fuzzy one-piece jumpsuit.
Jennifer Carpenter is happy: She's finally been given permission to cry.
Some of entertainment's biggest names _ including Elijah Wood, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, Claire Danes, Christopher Meloni, Leslie Bibb, and Kyra Sedgwick _ have signed up to be frazzled.
Some of entertainment's biggest names _ including Elijah Wood, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, Claire Danes, Christopher Meloni, Leslie Bibb, and Kyra Sedgwick _ have signed up to be frazzled.
Some of entertainment's biggest names _ including Eva Mendes, Elijah Wood, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, Claire Danes, Christopher Meloni, Leslie Bibb, Gloria Estefan and Kyra Sedgwick _ have signed up to be frazzled.
"It seems like there are a lot of people my age - playwrights and directors - who are doing great work. And it seems like theaters are entrusting them," said Mr. Joseph, who credits older American playwrights such as Lynn Nottage and Mr. Guirgis for inspiring him.
"I had all these physiological things that were helping me realize, yes, I'm working as a writer," he said. "Ultimately, screenwriters, when they are successful, make a ton more money more than playwrights, but playwrights get respect."
