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===On television=== ''Wanda's Visit'', one of the six one-acts in ''Durang/Durang,'' was originally written for the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[Trying Times]]''. Durang played the part of The Waiter in that production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christopherdurang.com/OneActsLong-Belle-Stye-Wanda.htm|author=Durang, Christoper|title=Longer One Act Plays (between 30 and 60 minutes)|website=ChristopherDurang.com|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916224542/http://www.christopherdurang.com/OneActsLong-Belle-Stye-Wanda.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Durang appeared as himself on the October 11, 1986 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', hosted by his longtime friend Sigourney Weaver. In the episode, Durang and Weaver parodied the works of [[Bertolt Brecht]], and both were interviewed in the debut of the recurring sketch ''[[Church Lady|Church Chat]]'', with Durang as himself.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/flashback-friday-who-knew-sigourney-weaver-and-chr_64585.html|title=Flashback Friday: Who Knew? Sigourney Weaver and Chris Durang Had a German Phase Before Vanya Made Them Russian|author=Levitt, Hayley|date=March 15, 2013|website=TheaterMania.com|access-date=September 6, 2015|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214350/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/flashback-friday-who-knew-sigourney-weaver-and-chr_64585.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Durang's 1987 sketch "The Funeral", written for a televised [[Carol Burnett]] special, features a grieving widow (Burnett) who is disturbed at her husband's wake by an eccentric mourner, played by [[Robin Williams]].<ref name = Evans/>
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