Joe Sutton is an American playwright. He teaches playwrighting at

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. He is the son of actor Frank Sutton, most famous for playing Sgt. Carter on '' Gomer Pyle – USMC''. His play ''Voir Dire'' opened in 1995 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The play received attention after the

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and the sequestered jury deliberating a case with strong racial overtones and divisive social implications.. His play '' Complicit'', was directed by

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and premiered at

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in London on January 3, 2009.

Publication

*''Restoring The Sun'' *''The Third Army''

References

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