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College newspaper editor Drew (Adam Poss) emotionally manipulates his boyfriend, Gabe (Liam Benzvi), in "Teddy Ferrara," a world premiere drama by Christopher Shinn at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

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A diversity panel consisting of transgender student Jaq (Jax Jackson), faculty member Ellen (Kelli Simpkins) and gay students Jay and Gabe (Christopher Imbrosciano and Liam Benzvi) discuss the suicide of the title character in "Teddy Ferrara," a world premiere drama by Christopher Shinn at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

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Freshman college student Teddy Ferrara (Ryan Heindl) goes online in a gay chat room in "Teddy Ferrara," a world premiere drama by Christopher Shinn at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

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Christopher Shinn's world premiere play "Teddy Ferrara" relishes painting its characters and situations on unsettling shades of gray--so much so that hardly anyone comes off as sympathetic in this drama about the build up and aftermath of a gay student's suicide on a modern-day university campus.