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A front-page 2018 Houston Chronicle feature on Jon-Marc McDonald's play Relatively Conscious, tracing the intersection of the 1998 James Byrd Jr. lynching, McDonald's public coming out, and his resignation from a congressional campaign in East Texas.

Veteran Broadway actor, Richard Waits, is bringing Jon-Marc McDonald's anticipated play, Relatively Conscious, to the stage in February at the New York Theater Festival. The play centers around the murder of James Byrd Jr in 1998.

At the National Conference in July, I met Jon Marc McDonald, a Texas native and graduate student at Columbia University pursuing an MFA in writing. His play, Relatively Conscious, premiered at the New York Theater Festival in February 2018.

Current nonfiction writing student Jon-Marc McDonald’s play, Relatively Conscious, premiered last year. He was recently interviewed by The Dramatist magazine. From the interview:

A Times Square Chronicles profile on playwright Jon-Marc McDonald and the New York WinterFest premiere of Relatively Conscious, featuring McDonald's background, the play's origins, and extended quotes from McDonald and producer Richard E. Waits.