Robert P. Baird

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Robert P. Baird

The Seattle Weekly ran a great interview with my pal Sonya Schneider about The Thin Place, the new play she’s writing for the Intiman Theater here in Seattle. The play will open in May and will star Gbenga Akinnagbe, who played Chris Partlow on The Wire. Sonya is supremely talented, and we’re all thrilled to see her get the break she deserves.
Here’s how the Weekly describes the play:
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Robert P. Baird

Every era has to reinvent the project of “spirituality” for itself. If you abolish the symbols, then you tear down the walls of your own house. There is, then, a question as to whether your god is really God.
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