Characters are breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanize audiences
- Posted on December 8, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Characters are breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanize audiences

Direct-address, an old playwriting technique, has been retooled by a new crop of playwrights (Bess Wohl, Jordan Tannahill, Douglas Lyons) to lend new immediacy to drama.