I Interview Playwrights Part 235: Chad Beckim

Chad Beckim

Hometown: Monmouth, Maine

Current Town: Brooklyn

Q:  Tell me about Cookie.

A:  "Cookie" examines a down-on-his-luck writer (fiction, not playwright!) who enters into a green-card-marriage-for-money via the assistance of his only friend. The piece explores racial and sexual stereotypes, hopefully getting some laughs while challenging audience members to examine their own misconceptions about identity, race and culture.

I wrote half of this play in February over the course of two ...