Six Degrees of Separation (play)

Six Degrees of Separation
Original poster by James McMullan
Written by	John Guare
Date premiered	1990
Place premiered	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater New York City
Original language	English
Genre	Drama
Setting	New York City

Six Degrees of Separation is a play written by American playwright John Guare that premiered in 1990. The play was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play.^[1]

The play explores the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of no more than six acquaintances, thus, "six degrees of separation".

It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993.