I Interview Playwrights Part 866: J. Stephen Brantley
J. Stephen Brantley Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Current Town: New York City Q: Tell me about The Jamb. A: The Jamb is a coming-of-middle-age story about Tuffer and Roderick, two gay punks turning forty. I wrote it " its first incarnation, anyway " in 2008, because I wanted to see queer characters onstage that were more like me. Everything was pretty liminal at the time. I was a few years clean of drugs, …