In this soaring and deeply provacative tragicomedy of race, class, and manners, John Guare has created the msot important American play in years. Six Degrees of Separationis one of those rare works that capture both the supercharged pulse of our present era and the deepest and most mysterious movements of the human heart. Six Degrees of Separationwon the 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as the Hull Warriner Award and the Obie.