Playwright Stephen Karam On Sons of the Prophet, His Afghan Collection and Not Needing a Day Job Anymore
When arranging our interview with 30-year-old playwright Stephen Karam, he suggested we meet him at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It seemed like a strange request until we realized that the Criminal Justice building was also home to the theater where Karam was rehearsing Dark Sisters, a new experimental opera he wrote with composer Nico Muhly about the aftermath of a raid on a polygamous community. We set…