Art imitates life as ‘Ferguson’ play sparks controversy
Veteran actor Philip Casnoff hadn’t read the full script yet when he arrived for the first rehearsal of “Ferguson,” a play chronicling the shooting of Michael Brown by a Missouri police officer. Casnoff thought he knew what the play would be about: a variety of viewpoints. Then he read the script, which tells the story that Brown didn’t have his hands up and that he charged at Wilson.









