Family Devotions
| Family Devotions | |
|---|---|
| Written by | David Henry Hwang |
| Characters | Robert Ama Hannah Chester Wilbur PoPo Joanne Jenny DiGou |
| Date premiered | October 18, 1981 |
| Place premiered | Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Los Angeles; early eighties |
Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang.[1] Hwang's third play depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an assimilated Chinese-American family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.[2] It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, with Michael Paul Chan, Jodi Long, Lauren Tom, and Victor Wong. The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group.[3] It is also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Family Devotions". Public Theater. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2010.