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==Historical casting==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
|-
! Character
! 1990 Off-Broadway
! 1990 Broadway
! 1992 West End
! 1993 Film cast
! 1st National Tour
! 2017 Broadway revival
|-
! scope="row"| Ouisa Kittredge
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| [[Stockard Channing]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Marlo Thomas]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Allison Janney]]
|-
! scope="row"| Flan Kittredge
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| John Cunningham
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Paul Shelley]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Donald Sutherland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| John Cunningham
| style="text-align:center;"| [[John Benjamin Hickey]]
|-
! scope="row"| Paul
| style="text-align:center;"| [[James McDaniel]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Courtney B. Vance]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Adrian Lester]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Will Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Ntare Mwine]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Corey Hawkins]]
|}

[[Kristin Griffith]] and [[Swoosie Kurtz]] read the role of Ouisa Kittredge in workshops in 1989 before Stockard Channing was cast. Channing was originally unavailable and was committed to coming to Broadway in another play, [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Jake's Women]]''. The play's Broadway run was canceled. Channing had starred previously in John Guare's ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'', and he offered her the role for the official Off-Broadway run. Kurtz later replaced Channing during the Broadway run.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-07-ca-638-story.html Jake's Women canceled] accessed 11/23/2016</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Separation-John-Guare/dp/0822210347 Play script notes] accessed 11/23/2016</ref>