Are you Team Flats or Team Drummies? What is your favorite part of a chicken wing?
Many different relationships are depicted in the play: fathers and sons, uncles and nephews, romantic partners, friends. What did the play reveal to you about the bonds we make with one another in life?
Cordell, TJ, and EJ in particular feel pressure to conform to masculine stereotypes, to “be a man.” How do those expectations affect their relationships in the play?
Cordell describes his coming out and departure from his marriage as a rebirth. He says, “There ain’t no turning back from being born.” What was a moment of acceptance or discovery about yourself that turned the tide of your life? What were the challenges and joys of that growth?
Playwright Katori Hall describes the story of Dwayne and Cordell’s relationship as “very personal and very political, all wrapped into one.” How do the elements of personal and political intertwine in the story?
What type of food are you passionate about in the way that Cordell is about chicken wings?
Costume designer Yvonne Miranda took inspiration from the actors’ personal style when designing their costumes. What costume elements (clothes, shoes, hair, accessories, etc.) communicated each character’s personality and how?
The playwright has said: “The hallmark of the Katori Hall universe is that there’s going to be a kind of ‘slanguage’.” What is a favorite line of yours from the play?
Although the New Wing Order doesn’t win 1st place in the Hot Wing competition, the play does end joyfully for everyone involved. What’s an example of yours when an intended result wasn’t achieved but a happy outcome ensued nonetheless?
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