[In late July, Ritchie held court at the official pre-production] meet and greet ... I'm Gordon Davidson, and I used to work here.

He asked for privacy. But he has been remarkable, determined to do the work. He's even working on a new set of notes, to put things in before we close.

He was a good storyteller, and he wanted to tell the stories of the disabled from a personal point of view.

August did a a lot of good work on the play, and it's changed a great deal from Yale. He knew what he wanted to do, and he was up to doing the work.

He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, but by his leadership in Other Voices. It's just his body was not in good as shape as his mind was.

Clearly there were moments of pain, when he didn't feel as whole as he wanted to, and took medicine.