Comments: Spalding Gray

"It's not too long if it is brilliant."
I remember seeing a performance at the University of Dayton in Ohio in 1997. It was a monologue, and one of the connecting themes was a Greyhound bus ride. The time of the performance passed quickly. And during that time I was sad, and I was happy. At times my heart was pounding, and at other times I could not take a breath. I also laughed out loud. At the end of the performance, I had gone through so many emotions I was jumbled inside and all I could think was 'wow'.

It was surely much longer than a few minutes, though it did not seem to be.
And it was brilliant.

Posted by Debora at February 11, 2004 11:02 AM

After reading your reminisence of Spaulding Gray, I am left with a deep poignancy for his life which may have shifted to another realm. I think, had he read your lines, he would have been infused with hope to give us more of his life as performance art. Thanks for honoring him so movingly. Dan

Posted by Dan Turner at February 11, 2004 03:22 PM