man oh man um thank you so much thank you to the American Theater Wing uh okay I want to thank some people I want to thank Greg Noble Patrick culo DD Gardner everyone at C viw and 101 and plan B uh I want to thank uh Paul libon for letting us use your beautiful theater it was such an honor doing this play at Circle in the Square um my my brilliant cast uh the design team and the whole production team that that worked on this play um yeah I want to thank the the ushers and the front of house staff who um who who see me walking in every day looking like I've just been run over by a truck and and see me walk out looking somehow even worse uh with like bits of pretzels and aquavit in in my hair um Linda thank you for sewing 50,000 buttons uh back onto my shirts every night uh Molly Kars I couldn't have done this without you I think a lot of people in this room share that sentiment um Sam and Amy uh you guys thank you this is crazy Sam thank you for being everything an actor could hope for and a director and uh for bringing new meaning to the term ice bucket challenge um Amy for your masterful work on this play uh the last time I did a play of yours I met Emma my wife who who I now have three beautiful children with um and now uh this play um real quick uh this play is a cry from the heart and an exhortation to face up to the difficult truths that are staring us all down right now uh it's been a privilege to give its warning and its hope to audiences this is for my mom and my dad who are here tonight somewhere Mom Dad thank you for allowing me to imagine thank