Esteemed playwright Christopher Durang whose famous play is set in Bucks County has passed away at 75 years old, writes Jesse Green for The New York Times.  

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” follows the lives of siblings who reside in Bucks County. The comedic play is adapted from the works of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.  

“Vanya” won a Tony Award in 2013 among other accolades. 

In the seventies, Durang attended the Yale School of Drama for an MFA where he befriended and collaborated with Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver.  

Durang’s first commercial success was the satire “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You” about a nun who lectures the audience on what she considers holy.

In addition to writing highly lauded plays he also performed in a cabaret satire act “Christopher Durang and Dawne” (made up of himself, actress Sherry Anderson, and Durang’s then-husband John Augustine).  

Read more about the life and legacy of Christopher Durang in The New York Times.