Family Drama Makes for a Lousy Dramatist

An Italian immigrant family, 1912. Public domain.

by Fergus Balfour, playwright extraordinaire and squatter on John DiFelice’s account

Let me tell you my story, man. Don’t you want to hear my story? It’s a good one. I had a crappy childhood, you know? Parents fought all the time. Screamed at each other. Said they hated each other. Constantly threatened to divorce, especially on Arbor Day. We lived in a duplex, like Annette Bening’s character…