Six Degrees of Separation

Custom Made Theatre
533 Sutter St San Francisco

Playwright John Guare examines the threads of chance that link one person to another -- and the consequences of those random connections -- in his fast-paced and affecting drama Six Degrees of Separation, now presented at San Francisco's Custom Made Theatre. Inspired by the story of a real-life con artist, the play follows a young African-American man who insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy New York couple by claiming that he is the son of actor Sidney Poitier. In addition to a successful Broadway run, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play was adapted into a 1993 film starring Will Smith, Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland.