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Article: Rock the house; Playwright Djola Branner uses music, dance and humor to sweat out the demon of addiction in "The House That Crack Built.".(FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2000
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Djola Branner has watched the cold chill of addiction run shivers through his family and friends. He has sought to understand the jagged trail it leaves in the form of ruined lives, uninformed reactions and futile efforts to stem its insidious creep into all parts of America.
The Twin Cities playwright responded to the pain in his comrades by using his art to develop the notion that addiction knows no limits and that people have other choices. But for Branner, it's more complex than a slogan like "Just Say No."
Five years ago, "an accumulation of incidents" drove Branner to embark on interviews with people in 12-step programs to explore the nature of ...