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Note from Your Dramaturg 9/7/2020

Hello all!

This is the casebook for our production of Let Me Down Easy. Within it is some research on the characters, the playwright, and other topics surrounding the play. There are 6 main sections of the casebook including a glossary and bibliography. Throughout the rehearsal process, I will be adding additional information to this casebook if it is needed. Anyone can request research, elaboration on a subject, or anything of interest to be added to the casebook. I also am always thinking of more fun things to add and expand on. I am more than glad to alter what is already written and add whatever is needed.

Let’s create a magnificent show!

Your Dramaturg,

Ambree Feaster

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Table of Contents The Playwright…………………………………………………………………………….4 The Play………………………………………………………………………………………6 Genre and Style……………………………………………………………………………………6 Anna Deavere Smith and Let Me Down Easy…………………………………….……7 Themes……………………………………………………………………………………………….7 Why This Play Now?...... 8 Notable Productions……………………………………………………………………………..8 The World of Let Me Down Easy…………………………………………………….9 Fluidity………………………………………………………………………………………………..9 Early 2000s in American……………………………………………………………………….9 The Characters……………………………………………………………………..……..11 James H. Cone………………………………………………………………………………..……11 Elisabeth Streb…………………………………………………………………………………..…12 Lance Armstrong……………………………………………………………………………..……14 Sally Jenkins…………………………………………………………………………..…………….16 ……………………………..……………………………………………………………..17 Brent Williams…………………………………………….……………………………………….19 Michael Bentt………………………………………..…………………………..…………………20 Hazel Merritt………………………………………….…………………………………………….21 ………………………………………….…………………………………………..22 Ruth Katz…………………………………………………..…………………………………………23 Kiersta Kurtz-Burke……………………………………..………………………..……………..23 Phil Pizzo…………………………………………………………………………….……………….24 Susan Youens……………………………………………………………………………………….25 Eduardo Bruera…………………………………………………………………………………….26 ……………………………………………….……………………………………….27 Lorraine Coleman…………………………………………………………………………………28 Joel Siegel…………………………………………………………………………………………….28 Peter Gomes…………………………………………………………………….………………..29 Trudy Howell………………………………………………………………….………………….31 Matthieu Ricard…………………………………………………….……………………………31 The Glossary……………………………………………….……………………………...33 The Bibliography…………………………………………………….……...……………..35

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The Playwright- Anna Deavere Smith

Birthday: September 8, 1950 Birthplace: , Parents: • Anna Young Smith- an elementary school teacher • Deavere Young Smith- a coffee merchant Occupation: Actress, Playwright, Educator, Author Education:

• B.A in Linguistics from Beaver College AKA (1971) • M.F.A in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre (1977) Notable Works: • : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities (1992) • Twilight: Los Angeles (1992) • Talk to Me: Travels in Media and Politics (2000) • Letters to a Young Artist • Notes from the Field (2016) Awards: • National Humanities Medal • MacArthur Award • Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize • George Polk Award in Journalism • Ridenhour Courage Prize • Dean’s Medal from School of Medicine • Obie for Fires in the Mirror

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Bio: Anna Deavere Smith was raised in segregated Baltimore by her middle class, black family. She was said to be a shy child. From a young age, she was fascinated by language and personal stories from her family and friends. After receiving her M.F.A, she began a teaching career. She taught theatre at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh from 1978 to 1979, taught at the University of Southern California from 1986 to 1989, and taught at Stanford University from 1990 to 2000. She was also a professor at Tisch School of arts and is a founding director of the NYU Institute in the Arts and Civil Dialogue. Anna Deavere Smith has had a productive career in acting. She has made multiple TV appearances in shows such as Black-ish, , For the People, and West Wing. She’s been in films including RENT, Philadelphia, and . She is credited with creating a new form of theatre that falls under Documentary Theatre (see pg.) in which she combines journalistic aspects of interviewing with applying her interpretation of their words to her art. She has written and performed 15 one woman shows that she orchestrated from over 100 interviews she has conducted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7xm0KVZYA A video from The Atlantic of Anna Deavere Smith Quotes: • “My work begins with questions” • “I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.” • “Each person has a literature inside them.” • “I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.” • “Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?” • “You know, all kinds of people inspire me.” • “I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times.”

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The Play-Let Me Down Easy Genre & Style Documentary Theatre: A form of theatre that draws from documents, journals, reports, interviews, and other sources involving real events and people that strives to re-enact, re-create, and interpret these sources through artistic expression. This style can also be found in radio, television, and films. This style of theatre theatre can be done by an individual or multiple artists. Documentary theatre was inspired by social reform, working class struggles, poverty, classiam, and racial oppression. It has origins in Russia and later spread to America. The 3 major eras of documentary theatre are the 1930s, the 1960s- 1970s, and the 1980s-1990s. The 1930s era centered a lot around the work of the Federal Theatre Project. They borrowed the concept of “living newspapers” performances from Russia. Content for performances came from everyday life, the experiences of the working class and immigrants. The forms of performance were modernist, montage, expressionism, collage, and minimalism. Performances often involved the audience Once the Federal Theatre Project ended, documentary theatre halted until the 1960s. The 1960s era of Documentary theatre was happening during the , the Vietnam war, and global economic upheaval. Narratives were centered around oppression, democracy, and equality. On the contrary to the previous era, Artold Brecht’s distancing of the audience was often used in plays. The 1980s-90s era moved away from typically structured and plot connected plays that took from specific content and events towards more loose happenings and the autobiographical point of view of “real” individuals as source material. This style was solidified by Anna Deavere Smith in the 1990s when she conducted interviews and encompassed the body and personality of the people she interviewed on stage. This style of theatre is commonly known as verbatim theatre. (Alternate names: Docudrama, ethno-drama, tribunal theatre, theatre of witness, verbatim theatre, theatre of fact) Plays in this style:

• The Investigation by Peter Weiss • In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer • I Am My Own Wife • London Road • The Guys Verbatim Theatre: Although this term is another way to refer to documentary theatre, it is more so considered a subcategory of documentary theatre. The term verbatim itself means word for word. Verbatim theatre is known for constructing specific words from people who were interviewed. The playwright normally focuses these interviews around a specific topic or theme. Anna Deavere Smith is dubbed the pioneer of verbatim theatre because of her one woman plays in which she conducted numerous interviews. Plays in this style:

• The Laramie Project • Deep Cut • Talking to terrorists • Fires in the Mirror • Twilight Los Angeles

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Anna Deavere Smith and Let Me Down Easy Anna Deavere Smith interviewed over 100 people and 20 made it into this show. She considers Let Me Down Easy her most universal work. Anna Deavere Smith had a lot of intentions while creating and performing this play. She wanted us to be aware of our lives and how much of a beautiful privilege it is to be alive. Along with this she wants everyone to ask themselves, “what do I want from life?”, “what impact do I have in the lives of others?”. She also wanted this play to show us the human side of healthcare. She wanted the audience to leave questioning if we have a caring of a nation as we think. Themes Healthcare: This theme is arguably the most prominent in the show. Through this theme we get various perspectives on the healthcare system, the healthcare debate, healthcare workers, treatment, etc. All of this comes together and shows how everyone at some point is going to deal with the system in one way or another and that is a thread that weaves many of these characters together. Death/Dying: Throughout the show, we see a lot of commentary, accounts, and perspectives of death. We have how death is seen in cultures differing from America. We see how death is handled by different people. We see more abstract examples of dying. We see more positive ways of thinking about death and more of a grim outlook on death. There is also a lot on the natural fear of death humans harbor. Life/Living: Because we get so much spotlight on death in the show, its opposite, life, is naturally emphasized as well. The characters’ input on death along with their reflection on events and parts of their own lives highlight how unpredictable, everchanging, and precious life is. Aging: In this play, the results of aging are portrayed through the experiences of the characters. We have more outright examples like Eve Ensler speaking about how society is scared to see women age as well as more subtle instances of this theme such as the ages of the characters, all of which being middle aged or older. Resilience of the Human Body: The amazing way the human body handles all kinds of ailments, such as cancer or a brain injury, is commented on by multiple characters and shown through how some of the characters have recovered (or unfortunately did not recover in the end). Vulnerability of the Human Body: Although the human body is sturdy, it is so vulnerable. We see this paradox of a theme shown along with human body resilience, such as in Michael Bentt’s recall of his head injury and how he survived it, yet because of the damage to the body, he is never able to box again. Disease/Injury: We see how physical ailments affect characters and their lives frequently throughout the show. Classism: From all the experiences we learn about from each character, we see a lot of classism and discrimination against the poor come into play. We see this theme in most of the character’s monologues however, an explicit example of classism is present in Hazel Merrit’s and Kiersta Kurtz- Burke’s monologues in which we see a clear contrast between how the patients in each monologue are neglected compared to how the rest of the ‘esteemed’ characters are treated.

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Why This Play Now? There are a lot of events, themes, and situations in Let Me Down Easy that reflect life in our current time. Coronavirus Pandemic: Covid-19 has turned the entire world upside down. In the US, there have been thousands of deaths, our healthcare system has been overwhelmed, and the virus continues to spread. This play hits close to home for us during this time as it navigates through experiences with illness, the effects illness has on the victims and their loved ones, and dealing with our healthcare system while ill. The Healthcare Debate: The debate on how this country should handle healthcare is still a raging debate and has been for many years. This play shows us that our issues with healthcare and the system have not changed much since the early 2000s. Hopefully our show will open the eyes of people and they see a brand-new perspective. Flawed Healthcare System: In this play, from all of the characters’ experiences and perspectives we are reminded of all of the issues with healthcare in America. These issues are highlighted and we can see that all of them apply to this era of times as well as when this play was written. The 2020 Election: When this show goes up, we will have just gotten finished with an election. The results of the election may have an influence on how our audience perceives our show. This play serves as a reminder to vote wisely in future elections. The way American citizens can try to make any changes to our country, like changes to the healthcare system for example, is through voting.

Notable Productions in New Haven • Performed in 2008 • Starred Anna Deavere Smith Tony Kiser Theatre at Second Stage Theatre • Performed October 7 2009-January 3 2010 • Starred Anna Deavere Smith Wexner Center • Opened February 2011 • Starred Anna Deavere Smith

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The World of Let Me Down Easy Fluidity: There is not a concrete, tangible world in this play. All of the characters exist in their separate planes of time as they provide their own experiences, opinions, and perspectives. Early 2000s in America The main years that the characters are set in are 2003, 2007, and 2009. Major Events:

• The terroristic attacks on September 11, 2001 • The War on Terror • Anti-War protests • Hurricane Katrina • Iphone is introduced (2007) • 1st black president takes office • The 2008 recession • Healthcare reform

Healthcare System: The early 2000s saw a lot of plans for reforming the healthcare system. From the 1980s on, employer provided health insurance costs have been increasing. By 2009 single coverage healthcare cost for an employee was almost $5,000 versus $2,196 in 1999. Because of these rising costs, there was a shift to individualized healthcare coverage in the early 2000s. Under President Bush, there were major changes to aspects of healthcare. He helped bring generic pharmaceuticals to the market to save money. He made preventative health services a priority and also created more community health centers. Bush digitalized aspects of healthcare to help practitioners in the medical field access patient records faster, improve lab tests, administer drugs, improve follow up care, and provide easier access for patients. When president Obama was elected, his first focus was healthcare reform and he started proposing his plan for change. At the end of the 2000s, we got the Affordable Care Act. Despite all the efforts of the government in the early 2000s to reform healthcare and the few beneficial changes that arose, a lot of people were still struggling to stay insured and afford quality care. War on Terror: Since the 1990s, the U.S has spurred forward to combat Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terroristic threats. However, after the tragic events of 9/11, the U.S furthered their dedication to fighting terrorism and furthered their involvement in war in the middle east, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. The war on terror is an umbrella term for conflicts having to do with fighting terrorism. The war on terror has claimed an estimated maximum of 2 million lives on all sides. There was a lot of disapproval of this war from the public in America. People believed that the declaration to fight terrorism was too vague of an objective and was only used to further US political and military agendas all the while stepping on human rights of those in the middle east. People also believe the amount of causalities and the damage done to American soldiers is not worth it. The War on Terror was declared officially over by President Obama in 2013 however, there is still US intervention in the middle east to this day.

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Presidents:

President George W. President Barack Bush- George Bush Obama- Barack th was the 43rd Obama was the 44 president and a president and a republican. Bush’s democrat. Obama’s presidency lasted for presidency lasted 2 2 terms from 2001 terms from 2009 to to 2009. 2017

Disasters • Hurricane Katrina- Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 hurricane that hit the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. It caused over 1,800 fatalities and 25 billion dollars in damage. One of the most affected areas was , Louisiana. The levees in the city broke and increased flooding levels in the city destroying homes, businesses, and public transport. People were stranded without power, shelter, food, and aid for weeks. Katrina left thousands of people without homes in Louisiana causing a huge migration to Texas and other southern states. The Bush Administration was slammed for their poor response to the storm.

• Hurricane Rita- Rita was the 4th most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Rita struck Texas, Florida, Louisiana, , Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, and the Caicos Islands in 2005. Rita worsened the damage done by hurricane Katrina, mostly in Louisiana, earlier in the year. Rita claimed up to 25 fatalities and caused 18.5 billion dollars in damage. • Hurricane Ike- Hurricane formed in September of 2008 and hit The Bahamas, Hispaniola, The Cayman Islands, Cuba, Haiti, Southeast Texas, The Great Lakes and Canada. Ike caused the most damage to Galveston Island since the 1900 storm and the two disasters are often compared, almost 200 people were killed. Ike caused billions of dollars of damage between all of the affected areas. When it hit in 2008, it was one of the most expensive hurricanes in US history.

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The Characters

James H. Cone Full Name: James H. Cone Birthday: August 5, 1938 Birthplace: Fordyce, Arkansas

Death: April 28, 2018 Occupation: Theologian, Reverend, Author, Professor Spouse: Rose Hampton (married in 1958, divorced in 1977) Notable Works:

• Black Theology & Black Power • and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) • God of the Oppressed (1975) • Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (1991) Awards:

• American Black Achievement Award • Eliza Garrett Distinguished Service Award in recognition of seminal theological scholarship from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary • Fund for Theological Education Award for contributions to theological education and scholarship • the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion • Grawemeyer Award Bio: James H. Cone grew up in Bearden, Arkansas. Cone earned his B.A from Philander in 1958, his B.S from Garrett Theological Seminary in 1961, and he earned his M.A and Ph.D from . He also has 13 honorary degrees. Cone was a professor of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary. He was very passionate about black liberation and black people in relation to Christianity. He believed black people should not follow the white church. He was a member of several organizations including Society for the Study of Black Religion, the American Academy of Religion, and the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians in the Philippines, and Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion which he help found. Appearance and Mannerisms: Touches and strokes his neck when he talks, motions with both of his hands but often just motions with one, slight nasal sound to his voice, big, wide hand and arm motions, gestures with his whole body, passion laces his voice, especially when he preaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-vnMtAZFw&list=PLuKFlXNDgqcQ02g5iGfQq_MpWDq7V9oCx&index=7 Addressing a panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7NKXlmRvWE An interview

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Quotes: • “The scandal is that the gospel means liberation, that this liberation comes to the poor, and that it gives them the strength and the courage to break the conditions of servitude.” • “The Gospel of liberation is bad news to all oppressors because they have defined their "freedom" in terms of slavery of others.” • “For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity.” • “It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.” • “Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists, they can find reasons to justify their own oppression of’ black people.” • “The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God means that white people are prepared to deny themselves (whiteness), take up the cross (blackness) and follow Christ (black ghetto)” James H. Cone In Let Me Down Easy: James H. Cone serves as the opening statement of the show. His monologue gives a glance into some of the themes in the show, such as death, and sets the overall tone and direction the show will go in. Cone comes from a perspective of seeing and advocating injustice 1st hand.

Elizabeth Streb Full Name: Elizabeth Streb Birthday: February 23, 1950 Birthplace: Rochester, New York

Occupation: Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director Notable Works: • “Born To Fly : Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity” • Streb: Pop Action • Surprises: Streb- one extraordinary day • “Gauntlet“ • “Crash,” • “Human Fountain.” • “Impact”

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Awards: • MacArthur Fellowship (1997) • Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts (1989) • New York Dance and Performance Awards “Bessie" Award (1988 and 1999) • Doris Duke Artist Award (2013) • Brandeis Creative Arts Award (1991) • FCPA grant (1996) Bio: Elizabeth Streb was adopted at the age of two by Leonard Streb, a carpenter, and Carolyn Streb. She is unsure of the details surrounding her adoption but, she knows that she had a broken arm and was removed from her birthparents by order of the court. Before her adoption, her name was Elizabeth Green. Streb claimed there was no culture in her adoptive parents’ house and all her dad did was hunt and play cards. Her dad taught her how to shoot a .22 and then let her try her hand at shooting a shot gun after seeing that it fascinated her. Elizabeth Streb went to an all-girls catholic school. When she was 15, she worked as a counter girl at Woolworth’s and used her savings to buy her first motorcycle. She would later go on to buy 5 more motorcycles. In winters, Streb loved to ski and absolutely loved going straight downhill. Elizabeth Streb studied dancing at SUNY Brockport. She was surprised that her dance classes relied on counting movement to music instead of moving freely and that she had to study her movements in the mirror instead of “feeling” how she was moving her body. Because she was used to intensity in physicality, mainly stemming from skiing and shooting, Streb wondered where that intensity would come in during her undergrad studies in dance. She graduated in 1972 with a B.A from SUNY Brockport. After graduating, she moved to an unfinished loft on canal street that she would soon turn into a rehearsal space. Judging from her early life, it seems that Streb was always a daredevil seeking excitement. Elizabeth Streb is known for her extreme, daring, and risky shows and choreography. She is fascinated with how gravity and physics can be incorporated into her choreography in unthinkable, imaginative ways. Streb draws her inspiration from the circus, boxing, the rodeo, Russian Constructivist movements, gymnastics, and Bauhaus dance movements. She founded STREB in 1979. The dance company performs internationally and has performed in theatres in Paris, London, and many cities in the U.S. Its headquarters are located in Brooklyn. Streb has spoken at many schools and was invited to speak on a TedTalk. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/rough-and-tumble More about Streb’s dance company, her rehearsals, her performances, and her creative processes. There’s a bit more on her life as well. https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7084/elizabeth-streb-on-taking-big-risks-the-power-of-action More about her as an artist http://www.borntoflymovie.com/ Born to fly snippet Appearance and Mannerisms: Dresses well but apparently loves to wear the same outfit over and over. Her walk favors one knee. She always wears her thick black framed glasses. She tucks her trousers into her boots that resemble motorcycle boots. She loves to wear handsome suits. Streb has a calm way of speaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo0ldBAkWcM 2009 interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOzVGfK-h24 Another interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ngxEpS9XY Another interview and some dance footage

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Trivia: • Streb is fascinated by fire • When she was 9 years old, she accidentally burned down her uncles barn Quotes:

• “When I'm taking my last breath, I want to look at how I used up the best of myself. How much did I sweat, push, pull, rip, fall, hit, crash, explode?...My dream is to be so well-used that in my last-half second, I just burst into dust.” • “Skip your brain and go right to the gut.” • “Unpredictable action is movement's equivalent to a page-turner in literature. On stage, we have certain options to make our moves appear surprising or even shocking. One choice is to remove transitions. We try to construct motion hunks, hunks of action that could be missed if an audience member blinks.” • “It's basic research: shoot an arrow in the air. Where it lands, paint a bullseye.” • “Anything that’s too safe is not action.” • “I was addicted to physicality. I wanted to feel my body pushing, falling, climbing, catching, watching, and crashing with everything and anything that moved. I was already an ecstatic dancer in the world.” Elizabeth Streb in Let Me Down Easy: Streb recalls the time where she set herself on fire to impress her partner for her birthday. Her monologue serves as a look into the resilience of the body. She gives a point of view from someone who pushes the body to its limits, so she’s very aware of the sturdiness of the body. She also comments on classism.

Lance Armstrong Full Name: Lance Edward Gunderson Birthday: September 18, 1971 Birthplace: Plano, Texas Occupation: Cyclist, Marathoner

Awards and Achievements: Throughout Lance Armstrong’s athletic career, he has won many awards, gained many titles, broke records, received endorsements and sponsorships, and has ranked highly in sports events.

• Tour de France competition victory (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005) • Became the second American to ever win the Tour de France consecutively • Became the second youngest man to win in world road racing • Won the Tour Dupont in 1995 and 1996 • Titled the number 1 cyclist in the world in 1996 • Won the opening stage in the Tour of Luxembourg in 1998 • Won the bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 • Nike partners with Armstrong to create “Live-Strong” Campaign bracelets

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Bio: Lance Armstrong was born to Eddie Charles Gunderson and Linda Gayle-Mooneyham. Armstrong was raised by his Mother, Linda in Dallas, Texas. Armstrong was always athletic and into sports. At just 10 years old, he took up swimming and running. He started cycling when he was 13. When he was 16, he became a professional triathlete. Before graduating from high school, Lance Armstrong was recruited to train with the U.S Olympic development team in Colorado. In 1992 he joined the professional cycling team, Motorola. In 1996, Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread throughout his lungs, abdomen, and lymph nodes. Soon after the diagnosis, he stepped back from his cycling career. During his absence, Armstrong underwent treatment for his cancer. He endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy, the removal of one of his testicles, drastic changes in his eating habits and, once it was found that tumors had spread to his brain, surgery on his brain. All through his treatment, Armstrong stood strong in his plan to return to his athletic career however, many didn’t believe him and thought his time as a cyclist was over his Finally, in 1997, he was declared cancer free. Not to long after, he returned to training as a cyclist and his participation and victory in the Sprint 56k Criterium in Austin officially began his return to cycling. Later in 1997, Armstrong founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation dedicated to cancer survivors. The following year he signs with the U.S postal cycling team. After more years of athletic success, Armstrong’s reputation begins to go downhill. In 2004, he is accused of illegally doping by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester in a book they wrote. Another big accusation came from L'Équipe, a French newspaper, in 2005, when he was accused of doping to win all of his Tour de France competitions. Accusations continue to float around until 2012 when he is sent a letter from the anti- doping agency that charged him with participating in the doping that began in the 1990s. Lance Armstrong denied all allegations and accusations and insisted on his innocence until 2013, when he finally admitted to doping throughout his career in an interview with Oprah. Later that year he was stripped of all his medals and was later banned from cycling. Lance Armstrong has written 2 autobiographies and has 2 documentaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX38XZkulbw on Today show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxkULBtpF3s Opera interview and commentary

Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Lance Armstrong has a calm way of speaking. Hints of sarcasm here and there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sR8Qrj12gE 2005 sworn testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVseX4bHc70 (long) 2009 interview before tour de France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcRdAL5wHiE 2009 tour de France press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hH_Wm04ko After a victory

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• “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” • “Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.” • had done with my life so far? I decided that I was essentially a good person, although I could have been better--but at the same time I understood that the cancer didn't care.”

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• “A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.” • “The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender? What sort of character did I hope to show? Was I content with myself and what I • “Whatever your 100% looks like, give it.” • “I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.” Lance Armstrong in Let Me Down Easy: Lance Armstrong in the show is recalling his experience with cancer and how that affected him and his career. This was before his doping scandal blew up. Brings perspective of someone in a risky sport.

Sally Jenkins Birthday: October 1960 Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas Occupation: Sports Columnist, Author Notable Works: • Sum It Up (with Pat Summitt) • The Real All Americans • The State of Jones Awards: • Top sports columnist, Associated Press Sports Editors (2001, 2003, 2010,2011) • Sports Columnist of the year, Society of Professional Journalists (2001, 2008, 2011) • Inducted National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame (2005) • Best Sports Stories (2007, 2017) • First Place, Associated Press Sports Editors for Investigative Series (2013) • National Press Foundation Chairman's Citation (2017) Bio: Sally Jenkins moved to New York when she was 3 years old and has lived there ever since. Sally Jenkins is the daughter of Dan Jenkins, a hall of fame sportswriter. Jenkins grew up in a household where sports was always a huge topic. It was always on the TV and talked about by her father. Jenkins has always been interested in writing and when she became a writer, she decided to write about sports because her father had told her to “write what you know”. Jenkins graduated from Stanford University with a B.A in English literature. Sally Jenkins has had an on and off career in writing for the Washington post. She started working there in 1984. When she was not working there, she wrote for magazines and authored books. She was the first woman to be inducted into the national sports writers and sportscasters Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Calm, melodic way of speaking, minimum hand and arm movements when speaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0c44FvsoeM (long) Q&A with Sally Jenkins

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Quotes:

• “Fitness if like the blade of a knife; you want to sharpen it without ruining the blade.” • “No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention is paid and precautions are taken.” • “There are certain inevitabilities. You will grow older. You will be forced to compromise in ways you never imagined and confront problems you thought you were immune to. You will find a job, and perhaps lose it. You will fight with your mate, shoulder unwanted responsibilities and cope with rank unfairness. You can allow all that to demoralize you. Or you can let it shape you… and trust that the shape will be more interesting because of it.” Sally Jenkins in Let Me Down Easy: She touches on how humans want to preserve life because of their fear of death and how they project it onto the world, more specifically athletes. She also comes from the time after Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal arose and adds commentary on that.

Eve Ensler Full Name: Eve Ensler ( now goes by “V”) Birthday: May 25, 1953 Birthplace: New York Occupation: Playwright, Author, Activist, Speaker Spouse: Richard McDermott (married in 1977, divorced in 1987) Notable Works:

• • The Treatment • O.P.C • The Good Body • Necessary Targets • Emotional Creature • In the Body of the World • Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man • The Depot • Coming From Nothing

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Awards:

• • for The Vagina Monologues (1997) • Guggenheim Fellowship Award in Playwriting, (1999) • Berrilla-Kerr Award for Playwriting, (2000) • Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding , (2001) • Amnesty International Media Spotlight Award for Leadership, (2002) • The Matrix Award, 2002 • Jury Award for Theater at the US Comedy Arts Festival, (2002) • Lion of Judah by the United Jewish Communities, (2002) • Sundance Film Festival's Freedom of Expression Award for What I Want my Words to do to You, (2003) • NETC Theatre Award, a regional Boston theatre award,(2004) • NOW Award from the Intrepid Award Gala, (2004) • The Civil Revolutionary Award from Dade College, (2004) • Award for International Peace Efforts from Cardozo Law School, (2004) • The Avon Award, 2005 • The Sandra Day O'Connor Award from the Arizona Foundation for Women, (2005) • City of New York Proclamation in honor of founding and her work for V-Day, (2006) • OK2BU Humanitarian Award In recognition of outstanding contributions to the LGBT community, (2006)

Bio: Eve Ensler grew up in Scarsdale. She grew up Jewish but now identifies with Nichiven Buddhism. Her parents are Arthur and Chris Ensler. Ensler has 2 other siblings. Ensler was physically and sexually abused by her father from age 5 to age 10. Her parents were described by neighbors as strict, strange, and scary. Eve Ensler described herself as an angry, sad, and defiant child. As a teenager, she would run away for weeks and find refuge with friends. Ensler’s escape was writing. She wrote down everything that happened to her. She kept a journal filled with characters created by her and stories to go with them. Ensler went to Middlebury College in Vermont and graduated in 1975. Ensler struggled with drugs and with dating abusive and harmful men before she met Richard McDermott, who took her in and convinced her to go to rehab. She adopted McDermott’s son when they got married and was a very loving and encouraging figure in his life. 10 years later, the couple split because she needed freedom and independence. She remained close to her stepson, however. She got into a relationship with Ariel Orr Jordan, who she lived with and dated for a while. Eve Ensler developed uterine cancer and receive treatment for it. Ensler is a passionate feminist. She started the global activist movement V-day, a stand against violence affecting women and girls. The movement has raised millions of dollars for efforts to end feminine violence. V-day has created 12, 000 safehouses for women worldwide. V-day has especially had a huge impact in Congo where with support of the UNICEF, opened up the city of joy where Congolese women could go for protection against abuse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzdBntlZ3YY (very long) speaking at the Bay Area Book Festival Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: There is a bit of a nasally sound in her voice. She wears lots of jewelry; rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-0oR3C1UM TedTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrhmzMLb3I4 Democracy now interview

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Quotes: • “My dream is that people will find a way back home, into their bodies, to connect with the earth, to connect with each other, to connect with the poor, to connect with the broken, to connect with the needy, to connect with people calling out all around us, to connect with the beauty, poetry, the wildness.” • “Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn't killed our hearts. It's killed men's hearts. It's silenced them; it's cut them off” • “People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and they don't feel good about themselves. People have rough times, and everybody's pretending it's not true, and we need to break that veneer.” • “Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.” Trivia: • Changed her name to V to denounce her father’s surname Eve Ensler in Let Me Down Easy: She provides a feminist perspective. She comments on aging, the human body, and the fear of death and aging.

Brent Williams Full Name: Brent C. Williams Birthplace: Idaho Occupation: Bull rider Bio: There was a very limited amount of information about Brent Williams. He has been bull riding since he was in high school. Williams co-owns Farfield rodeo which was voted best rodeo in 2012. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Heavy Idaho accent. Opens mouth wide when talking. Long vowels. Drawl in speech Brent Williams in Let Me Down Easy: Provides insight on the sturdiness of the body from the point of view of someone in a fatal sport. Commentary on healthcare.

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Michael Bentt

Full Name: Michael A. Bentt (Alternate name: Felix 'Rhygin' Pimentel) Birthday: September 4, 1964 Birthplace: London, England Occupation: Heavyweight Boxer, Actor Bio: Michael Bentt is a retired WBO heavyweight boxing champion. His amateur career lasted 9 years (1980-1989) and his professional career lasted 5 years (1989-1994). Over the course of his professional career, Bentt participated in 13 fights winning 11 of them. Bentt is America’s most decorated amateur boxer to have never gone to the Olympics. Bentt came from London, England to Queens, New York in 1972 when he was 10 years old. He was born to Jamaican parents. Michael Bentt boxed to please his father, who was a huge fan of the sport. His father also lived through him and forced him into doing things so he could parade his son’s accomplishments around. Consequently, another reason Bentt did boxing was to get away from his controlling father. Otherwise, Bentt probably never would have boxed at all as he came to admit later that he never really wanted to fight in the first place. In the pros, Bentt lost his first fight to Jerry Jones. After this, he took a long career break and came back to boxing in 1990. Probably his most notable fight, because of the upset around it, was his fight against Tommy Morrison in 1993. Morrison saw Bentt as an easy win and a warmup for his next fight. It was much to Morrison’s surprise when he lost to Michael Bentt in a humiliating 93 seconds into the fight. Bentt’s last fight was in 1994, where he was knocked out by his opponent and had to go the hospital for treatment. That marked the end of his boxing career. Soon Bentt attended Northampton College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he studied journalism and acting. He has been pursuing acting and has been on tv shows and films such as public enemies, Lincoln heights, and losers. https://hannibalboxing.com/michael-bentt-conflicting-emotions/ more about Bentt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gIGKW_VdQU an interview Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Slight New York accent. Clear in speech. Some ums here and there. Quotes:

• “Boxers have to appear invincible, even though they are consumed by massive doubts. In boxing, it comes down to whoever fakes it the best wins, but actors can’t have egos. You have to embrace shortcomings, doubts, insecurities, and learn empathy. It’s heavy, man, but very rewarding.” • “I had a nice amateur career and I never intended to turn pro”

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Trivia

• Played Othello in a production at Northampton College • Wrote for Northampton College’s Newspaper • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN95f5GGEK0 Him and Herbie Hide fight at a press conference Michael Bentt in Let Me Down Easy: Gives a more symbolic perspective on death by insinuating a part of him died when he could not box anymore. Highlights the sturdiness of the body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMOYTrrz2I BK live

Hazel Merritt Full Name: Hazel E. Merritt Birthday: October 13, 1945 Birthplace: New Haven, CT Occupation: Hermatology Technician

Bio: There is not a lot of information about Hazel Merritt. Her parents are Reverend Samuel F. Bowens Sr. and Reverend Delores D. Sample. Hazel Merrit in Let Me Down Easy: She is our point of view from a black woman. She sheds light on how black women are treated in healthcare. She is one of the only characters who is not “esteemed”. She reveals how poverty often affects treatment from healthcare providers.

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Lauren Hutton Full Name: Mary Laurence Hutton Birthday: November 17, 1943 Birthplace: Charleston,

Occupation: , Actress Bio: Hutton was raised in the Florida Everglades by her mother, Minnie, and Stepfather. Hutton’s birth father was never present in her life and died in his mid- 30s. Her stepfather wanted Hutton’s mother all to himself so he would often take Hutton behind their house, where there was a swamp, and teach her all about some of the creatures that roamed within it such as poisonous snakes and gators. This gave the then tomboy Lauren Hutton something to do so she was often outside of the house exploring the swamp like her, giving her stepfather what he wanted. Hutton went off to Tulane college in New Orleans. From there, when she was 21 years old, she moved to New York and earned a job as a cocktail waitress at the playboy club. She was later discovered by and this launched her modeling career. At the start of her career, her looks that we consider timeless today were not well received. She was ridiculed about her iconic gap in her teeth and was told that she should go back to where she came from. Despite her tough start, she became known as an American icon and arguably the first ever supermodel. She booked her first cover on Vogue in 1966 and went on to be on 25 more throughout her career. She was the first ever to demand a modeling contract, landing a 250,000-dollar contract with . She set the standard for pay for all moving forward in the industry which is still maintained today. Hutton was one of the first supermodels who made a successful transition over to Hollywood. During the course of her on screen career, she appeared in 55 TV programs and films including Gator, The Gambler, and American Gigolo. She hosted her own talk show which had 150 episodes. She launched a cosmetics line. She joined a motorbike group in 2000. Hutton got into a motorcycle crash which put her in the hospital for 6 months. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Speaks with a slightly deep, sultry voice. She talks a lot with her hands. Lots of head movements Quotes:

• “We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.” • “Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.” • “I know some good old gals in their 50s and 60s. All these women tell me, 'Forty to 50. Those are the hot times.' So far, you couldn't prove it by me. But hell, I'm only two years in.” • “If you don't have passion, change.” • “I had always broken the rules.” Lauren Hutton in Let Me Down Easy: An example of how care is prioritized for “important” people. Highlights wanting to live forever which stems from the fear of death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzdBntlZ3YY Tamron Interview of Lauren Hutton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNzwGNs2V6k On Today show

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Ruth Katz Full Name: Ruth J. Katz Occupation: Professor, Dean Bio: Ruth Katz joined CDC’s board of directors. She was the director of Aspen Institute Health Medicine and Society Program. She was a professor of health policy at George Washington University. She was the dean of George Washington University from 2003-2008. She was a part of the Chief Public Health Council that has jurisdiction over health programs like Medicaid, Medicare, NIH, CDC and the FDA from 2009 to 2013. Ruth Katz in Let Me Down Easy: We get from this character a glimpse into how health care treats people who they deem unimportant vs how they treat people who are deemed important. This serves as another example of classism and elitism in the medical field

Kiersta Kurtz-Burke Occupation: Physician Awards:

• Teaching Resident of the Year (2002) • UCDMC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Bio: Kurtz-Burke received her BA at in 1991, her MPH in Health Education and Maternal Childcare in 1995, and her MD from in 1999. She specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation. She was the secretary and treasurer of the Louisiana Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a member of Physicians for national health. She was a faculty advisor at LSU. During hurricane Katrina, she was trapped at Charity Hospital with about 1,200 people until help came 6 days later. Two months after the storm, her and a lot of her co-workers were banned and fired from Charity Hospital. During her time at Charity, she had witnessed horrible treatment of the staff. http://savecharityhospital.com/content/hospital-looked-goodthey-banned-us-building-dr-kiersta-kurtz-burke An interview Trivia:

• Charity Hospital is the oldest continuous hospital in the country • Kiersta Kurtz-Burke mainly worked on the 5th floor of Charity Hospital Kiersta Kurtz-Burke in Let Me Down Easy: She serves as a perspective from the medical field. Her monologue showcases the dark side that can lurk in healthcare. She how us that there are a lot of issues with racism and classism. She also clearly highlights the difference between care and treatment that white people and minorities receive.

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Phil Pizzo Full Name: Philip A. Pizzo Birthday: December 1944 Birthplace: Occupation: Dean, Medical specialist, Professor

Awards Include:

• The Maria-Luisa Ferrari Lectureship for Life Award, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute of the Ohio State University (2014) • John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award, American Pain Society (2013) • John Howland Award, American Pediatric Society (2012 • Philip M Lippe Award, The American Academy of Pain (2012) • Award of Excellence, Ronald McDonald Foundation (2009)

Bio: Phil Pizzo was born to immigrants from Sicily. He has 3 siblings. He was drawn to science as a kid and conducted experiments involving mice in his aunt’s garage. He went to Fordham University where he majored in philosophy and biology, being the first to graduate from college in his family. Pizzo earned his MD in research from the University of Rochester in 1970. Pizzo did his internship and residency at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston. He also did fellowships at Harvard and the National Cancer Institute. Pizzo served as head of the Institute’s infectious disease section, chief of the NCI’s pediatric department, and acting scientific director for NCI’s Division of Clinical Sciences between 1973 and 1996. He began working at Stanford in 2001 where he eventually became a dean in the School of Medicine. Before Stanford, he was a professor of pediatrics and the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He has authored more than 615 scientific articles and 16 books. His focus is in pediatric hematology-oncology and ped infectious disease. Before going into the medical field and choosing his focus, he for sure knew that he wanted to specialize in patient care. Interestingly, Pizzo is also a marathon runner. He says running is not just for the sake of his health, but it also gives him stamina and energy to go about with his medical career duties. http://sm.stanford.edu/archive/stanmed/2012fall/article7.html More about Phil Pizzo Quotes:

• “I lived through the eyes of discoverers, inventors and heroes whom I encountered through reading books,” • “I’ve always been the kind of person who put one’s heart and soul into asking, ‘What’s the big question? What’s the big problem?’” Phil Pizzo in Let Me Down Easy: Pizzo comes from the point of view of a medical professional. He highlights the attitude towards death in America and the healthcare reform debate.

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Susan Youens Full Name: Susan Youens Birthday: 1947 Birthplace: Houston, Texas Occupation: Musicologist, Author, Professor Notable Works:

• Retracing a Winter’s Journey: Schubert’s Winterreise • Heine and the Lied • Schubert’s Late Lieder: Beyond the Song Cycles • Hugo Wolf: The Vocal Music • Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin • Schubert’s poets and the making of lieder • Schubert, Müller and Die schöne Müllerin • Hugo Wolf and his Mörike Songs Awards and Honors: • Humboldt Foundation Fellowship • IRC Harrison Medal (2016) • National Endowment for the Humanities • Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton Fellowship • Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship • National Humanities Center Fellowship • Joyce Award for Outstanding Teaching Bio: Susan Youens is from Houston, Texas. She has an M.A from Southwestern University, an MMus and a Ph.d from Harvard University. Susan Youens is known around the world as a prominent figure in the music of Hugo Wolf, the music of Franz Schubert, and German song. Her work surrounds Schubert, Hugo and Lieder, types of German songs dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Youens has written 8 books and 50 scholarly articles. Youens was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and Ithaca College. Youens has also taught at Steans Institute for Young Artists of the Ravinia Festival, the Vancouver International song institute, The Oxford Leider Feastival, La Jolla Music Festival and the Britten-Pears institute Aldeburgh Festival. She is also an avid speaker and has delivered lectures in Germany, Spain, France, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland, and 30 US states. Universities she was invited to lecture at are Oxford University, Cambridge University, Humboldt- Universitat in Berlin, The Royal College of Music, Harvard University, Cornell University, The University of Pennsylvania, The Julliard School of Music, and many more. For over 40 years, Youens has been a member of the American Musicological Society. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Susan Youens speaks elegantly and very clearly. Her words are fluid with hardly any fillers or hiccups in her speech. She has a slight Texas twang to her. There is a slight shake to her voice https://www.tvo.org/video/archive/susan-youens-on-shubert https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-6753/

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Trivia: • Susan Youens has a twin sister named Laura Youens-Wexler (1947-2019) who was a known musicologist in the studies of early Lutheran Music Susan Youens in Let Me Down Easy: Youens educates us about how death is treated differently in another part of the world. She comes from an artistic point of view.

Eduardo Bruera

Occupation: Medical Professional, Professor Notable Works:

• Advanced Directives, Hospitalization, and Survival Among Cancer Patients with Delirium Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study. • Evaluating Disability Insurance Assistance as a Specific Intervention by Physiatrists at a Cancer Center • Home-based exercise during preoperative therapy for pancreatic cancer • Very-Low-Dose Methadone to Treat Refractory Neuropathic Pain in Children with Cancer Awards Include: • AAHPM National Leadership Award, American Association of Hospice & Palliative Medicine • Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, University of Montreal • Eduardo Bruera Prize for Excellence in Research, The Latin American Palliative Care Association • Mervin Laskin Fellowship, Alberta Cancer Board • Nixon Lecturership Award, Norton Healthcare Foundation • The 2nd Vittorio Ventafridda Memorial Lecture Award, European Association for Palliative Care • AAHPM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine Bio: Eduardo Bruera earned a medical degree at the University of Rosario in Argentina in 1979. He joined the University of Alberta and the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton in Canada in 1984. His main focuses are in developmental palliative care around the world and medical education and program development in Latin America and The Caribbean. He was a professor of oncology and the Alberta Cancer Foundation Chair in Palliative Care. He was also a professor of Medicine and the F.T McGraw chair in the treatment of Cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He has worked with the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. He has written and co-written a combination of 600 papers, abstracts and book chapters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uMivOSoB64 Conversation with Eduardo Bruera (skip to 1:04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0FpnKMulZg An interview

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Eduardo Bruera in Let Me Down Easy: Perspective of a Medical Practitioner. Gives us a more mundane and sad perspective on death. He highlights how closely related life and death are and how everyone views death differently.

Ann Richards Full Name: Dorothy Ann Willis Birthday: September 1, 1933 Birthplace: Lakeview, Texas Death: September 13, 2006 Occupation: Governor, Politician, Teacher

Awards: • Baylor Distinguished Alumna • Texas NAACP Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Rights • Orden del Aguila Azteca • National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award • Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations • Texas Women's Hall of Fame honoree for Public Service. Bio: Ann Richards was known to be an outspoken, a feisty, and a sharp-witted woman. As early as high school, Richards showed political potential by having a knack for debating. Her debating skills earned her a scholarship for college. She went on to graduate from Baylor University in 1954 and earned a teaching certificate from The University of Texas in Austin in 1955. She became a social studies and history teacher at Fulmore Junior High School. Ann Richards was very active in the world of politics and began her political career in 1950 working for political campaigns. In 1976, she was elected County Commissioner, making her the first woman in fifty years to be elected to a statewide office at the time. She went on to be the state treasurer in 1982. Richards was a keynote speaker in the 1988 Democratic National Convention. It was at this convention where she famously said that George Bush was born with a silver boot in his mouth. Two years later in 1990, she became the Governor of Texas. Ann Richards was a democrat and had liberal views. Over her career, Ann Richards advocated for women’s rights. Minority rights, and economic improvement. She was also big on education. As Governor, she was known for her plans for a new Texas. She reformed Texas prisons by reducing the number of violent offenders being released, created a drug abuse program for prisoners, and increased prison space. She bumped up the economy by 2% in 1991. She supported limiting the sale of semi-automatic weapons to the public. She also advocated for and encouraged the presence of minorities in government and had elected some to serve in her cabinet. She was an inspiration to females in politics and female voters with her motherly yet daring and fierce leadership style. One major flaw of hers however is when she signed a bill that criminalized same sex relations, even though she campaigned to repeal the law. After her time as governor ended, she continued to endorse and support democratic candidates. In 2006, she was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. She died several months later in September.

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Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: She has starch white hair. Heavy Texas accent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8K-UWscB10 Interview with her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-tyKWNwtMU DNC speech Quotes:

• “I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and the government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.” • “They blame the low-income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work. They blame the middle-income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.” • “I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.” • “If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.” • “I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” • “I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.” • “There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money.” Ann Richards in Let Me Down Easy: Ann Richards serve as a point of view from a politician who is able to have a direct influence on certain aspects of healthcare. She also provides a perspective from someone who is currently dying and knows this. She gives commentary on how lucky people are to have healthcare and the positives of good doctors.

Lorraine Coleman Bio: Not much is known about Coleman however, she is Anna Deavere Smith’s aunt and a retired teacher. Lorraine Coleman in Let Me Down Easy: Her recounting of the last words her sister said to her serves as an insight into death in relation to loved ones.

Joel Siegel Full Name: Joel Steven Siegel Birthday: July 7, 1943 Death: June 29, 2007 Birthplace: Los Angeles

Occupation: Film Critic, Actor, T.V Personality, Author, Entertainment Editor, Playwright Notable Works: • Lessons for Dylan: On Life, Love, the Movies, and Me.

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Awards and Honors: • WGA Award for Best News (2009, 2010, 2013) Bio: Joel Siegel was described a man who was funny, positive, and full of life. Siegel graduated from UCLA. In his youth, he did work for the civil rights movement by working to register black voters. Before Joel Siegel joined in 1981, he reviewed films for ABC and other networks. He has also worked as a joke writer for Robert F. Kennedy, an advertising copywriter, and a producer. On Good Morning America, Siegel worked as an Entertainment editor and film critic. He was the face of the Friday movie reviews. Siegel was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1997, just 2 weeks before his son was expected to be born. Because he was given a 60% chance of living to see his son, he decided to write a book, Lessons for Dylan, full of lessons, advice, and endearments for his son. Luckily, Siegel lived to see him. Having dealt with cancer himself and after witnessing his second wife die from cancer, he got together with , whose wife had also died from cancer, to create a non profit that helped cancer patients and their loved ones called Gilda’s Club. Siegel had also lobbied on capitol hill on behalf of others afflicted with cancer. He died in 2007 surrounded by friends and family. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: An Iconic, thick mustache. He has an upbeat tone to his voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqOAjxpV_UQ Goodfellas movie review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0GYxfamx1c King Kong Lives Review Quotes:

• “Follow your passion.” • “If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever." • “I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.” • “What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. I mean, I don't sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It's not worth it ... And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it's all small stuff” • "I came here from New York City this morning hoping that I would encourage someone to have a colonoscopy so that they would not have to go through what I went through" Joel Siegel in Let Me Down Easy: Siegel provides commentary on disease and the sturdiness of the body.

Peter Gomes Full Name: Peter John Gomes Birthday: May 22, 1942 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

Death: February 28,2011

Occupation: Minister, Theologian, Author, Professor

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Notable Works: • A Word to the Wise, and Other Sermons Preached at Harvard • The Good Life: Truths that last in times of need • Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Wisdom • Strength for the Journey Awards:

• W.E.B. Dubois Medal • Clergy of the Year from Religion and American Life • Benjamin Elijah Mays Medal Bio: Peter Gomes was born to Orissa, an African American, middle-class woman from Boston, and Peter Lobo Gomes, an African immigrant from the Cape Verde Islands. He grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts in a mostly white area. Because of this, he picked up anglophile traits that peeked through into his adult life. As a kid he practiced preaching in the basement of his home and gave his first public sermon at 12 years old. He worked as a houseman to pay for his education. Gomes earned a bachelor’s degree in arts at and went on to earn a Divinity degree from Harvard. He also has been awarded 39 honorary degrees. Gomes became known as one of the most prominent ministers in America. He was ordained by the First Baptist Church in Plymouth. He taught Western Civilization at Tuskegee Institute before becoming a minister at Harvard’s Memorial Church in 1970 and a professor of Christian Morals in 1974. He was the first black person to serve as chief minister to Harvard. He came out as Gay in 1991 and was labeled the gay minister. Although he disliked that label, he used his fame to religiously advocate for the LGBTQ community. Strangely, Gomes identified as a conservative republican for years before he switched to the democratic party in 2007. He even gave the benediction at Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration and preached at George Bush’s first inauguration. Gomes has 10 volumes of sermons, 2 books, and lots of articles and papers he has written. Gomes began having heart problems and had to have a pacemaker implant. In 2010, he was hospitalized after having a stroke. He died of a heart attack in 2011. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Very articulated and enunciated words when he speaks. Not too many gestures but the ones he does are controlled and elegant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITHXtHINuQY A keynote address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sKaOszs3kw on Jesus and gay marriage https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/video/gods-unfinished-future-peter-j-gomes (very long) Gomes speaks at Trinity Institute Quotes: • “The question should not be "What would Jesus do?" but rather, more dangerously, "What would Jesus have me do?" The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human beings to do impossible things. He came to ask human beings to live up to their full humanity; he wants us to live in the full implication of our human gifts, and that is far more demanding.” • “In reality, the world have played too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.” • “The Bible is not God, nor is it a substitute for God, and to treat it as if it were God or a surrogate of God is to treat it in the very way that it itself condemns over and over again.”

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Peter Gomes in Let Me Down Easy: Gomes gives us a touching commentary on the transition from life to death. He comes from a point of view that has laid many people to their death.

Trudy Howell Full Name: Trudy Howell Death: January 7, 2014 Occupation: Founder, Manager Bio: Trudy Howell is the founder of CHANCE orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa and was their manager for 17 years. CHANCE provides children in need with clothing, housing, education, food, and stability. Many of the children in the program are orphans or were exposed to harmful situations. When Howell died, the future of the orphanage was in jeopardy. CHANCE is still up and running under new management today. Trudy Howell did a lot of work with young aids victims. Trudy Howell in Let Me Down Easy: Trudy Howell provides a point of view from children on death as she talks about her experience working with sick children.

Matthieu Ricard Full Name: Matthieu Ricard Birthday: February 5, 1946 Birthplace: Aix-les-Bains, France

Occupation: Buddhist Monk, Writer, Photographer, Translator, Speaker, Humanitarian Notable Works:

• Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World • The Monk and the Philosopher • The Quantum and the Lotus • Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill • Why Meditate? (The Art of Meditation in the UK) Awards: • French National Order of Merit • Altruism Award

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Bio: Matthieu Ricard was born to the French philosopher, Jean- François Revel and Yahne Le Toumelin, an artist. On a trip to India in 1967, Ricard met Tibetan spiritual masters. Matthieu Ricard graduated from the Pasteur Institute in France with a Ph.D in cellular genetics. Ricard abandoned his science background and moved to the Himalayas to practice Buddhism and has been living there ever since. He trained under Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and became a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. Matthieu Ricard was dubbed the happiest man on earth. According to researchers at the University of Wisconsin in 2012, Ricard brain produced a new level of gamma waves that had never been seen before. The experiment that was conducted showed Ricard’s brain had a larger than average capacity for happiness. Matthieu Ricard insists that meditation alters the brain and improves happiness. Matthieu Ricard also acts the French Translator for the Dalai Lama, an important monk in schooling for monks. Appearance, Speech, and Mannerisms: Speaks with a French accent. He has a calm demeanor and his arm gestures are very controlled https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_the_habits_of_happiness?language=en#t-8497 TedTalk Quotes:

• “Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.” • “We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.” • “I think what everyone should be doing, before it's too late, is committing themselves to what they really want to do with their lives.” • “We deal with our mind from morning till evening and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.” • “The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and perceive and interpret the world. Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.” • “Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.” • “Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.” Trivia: • Matthieu Ricard is a vegan Matthieu Ricard in Let Me Down Easy: He serves as the show’s closing. He provides a short, sweet, and simple take on death from the perspective of a Buddhist monk. His statement closes the show with an air of peace

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The Glossary (In order of appearance in the script) EKG (pg.15)- Short for electrocardiogram; A test that measures electrical signals in the heart Tumor Marker (pg.15)- A substance found in bodily fluids, bone marrow, or tissue that may be higher in amount if cancer is present Nuclear Fusion (pg. 19)- A reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy EPO (pg. 20)- Short for “Exclusive Provider Organization”; A health plan that provides coverage only for visits to doctors, specialists, etc. in that plan’s network Osmos (pg. 25)- Shortened version of the word “osmosis”, a process in which molecules pass through a semipermeable membrane to balance the 2 sides of the membrane; osmos on its own means pushing Urologist (pg. 27)- A doctor who specialize in urology, the study of disorders and functions of the urinary system. CAT-Scan (pg. 28)- An X-ray procedure that captures detailed pictures of areas in the body. They can be used to diagnose disease in the bowels, colon, and other organs, plan treatments, and see how well a treatment is working. Wall Street Listings (pg. 32)- Information on the stock market Dialysis (pg. 38)- The process of purification of the blood by removing excess water and toxins from kidneys that cannot function naturally. Intravenous(ly) (pg. 39)- Any activity having to do with the veins Mojo (pg. 43)- Luck, charm, or skill that seems supernaturally good Oncologist (pg. 45)- A medical practitioner that diagnoses and treats tumors Radiation Therapy (pg.45)- The treatment of disease using X-rays or other forms of radiation. Fulminant (pg. 50)- Something that occurs suddenly with immense intensity Crestfallen (pg. 50)- Disappointed Jaded (pg.51)- indifferent, tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm after doing something a whole lot Schubert’s Quintet (pg. 59)- Franz Schubert’s last musical work. It was composed in only 2 months Adagio Movement (pg. 59)- A section of a music piece that is played slowly Vienna (pg.59)- The capital city of Austria

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Hapsburg Monarchs (pg.59)- One of the most known and influential royal families known in Europe. They are known for their inbreeding that has led to physical traits, birth defects and illnesses that come up frequently in the family line. The famous distorted, “Hapsburg jaw” is a physical trait that ran in the family Andantino Movement (pg. 60)- A faster section in a piece of movement Adamatine (pg. 60)- Something unbreakable Proton Therapy (pg. 66)- A treatment that uses a beam of protons to expose diseased tissue to radiation. David Westin (pg. 71)- An anchor of Bloomberg wall street work and president of ABC news George Burns (pg.72)- A comedian, writer, and singer Parishioner (pg. 75)- Someone who lives in a parish, a religious territory that is under clerical control

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