Interview: Tackling Mental Illness in Playwright Jacob Marx Rice's FringeNYC Hit "Coping"
A group of friends must deal with the aftermath of a suicide in Jacob Marx Rice's play Coping. After a hit run at this year's New York International Fringe Festival, it makes its way to the Soho Playhouse as part of the FringeNYC Encore series. Mr. Rice has previously explored mental illness and depression in Chemistry, which won the 2014 FringeNYC Excellence in Playwriting Award. StageBuddy interviewed the young pla…