Six Degrees of Separation

No subject is left untouched in Six Degrees of Separation. John Guare’s fast-paced and affecting piece that captured the Olivier Award for Best Play and the New York Drama Critic’s Outer Circle Award. The title refers to a statistical theory that any two people in the world can by connected through six other people. The play follows a young con artist who insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy New York couple by telling them he is the son of actor Sydney Poitier.