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One can imagine that Mr. Williams felt his comparison of Remains’ fund-raising efforts to the plot of Mr. Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation was a witty, intelligent turn of the pen. Unfortunately, the facts were ignored. Despite Mr. Williams’ assertion, there was no “misuse” of funds and certainly no deception or fraud.
Remains was understandably excited to have the chance to bring John Guare and Red Grooms to Chicago to collaborate on a play. We felt that such a collaboration was clearly worth undertaking. Over several months we assembled a committee of arts patrons who felt that the benefits of the collaboration outweighed the risks. Everyone involved understood that the project was adventurous and required supporters who were willing to take artistic risk. We are very proud that these individuals agreed with us that the project was worthy of support and that they helped us bring it to life in Chicago.
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