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Out of Our Father's House

Short Play, Drama  /  3w

Daniel Schrier, Marjorie Lipari, Eve Merriam, Paula Wagner, Jack Hofsiss, Ruth Crawford Seeger

Based on Eve Merriam's Growing Up Female in America
Arranged for the stage by Paula Wagner, Jack Hofsiss and Eve Merriam
Music by Ruth Crawford Seeger
Adapted by Daniel Schrier
Additional Music by Daniel Schrier and Marjorie L

This moving play is drawn from the diaries, journals and letters of women: a schoolgirl-- founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement, an astronomer, a labor organizer, a minister, a doctor and a woman from the Jewish ghetto. They are seen as they grow up, marry, bear children and face being ostracized…

Out of Our Father's House

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
This moving play is drawn from the diaries, journals and letters of women: a schoolgirl-- founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement, an astronomer, a labor organizer, a minister, a doctor and a woman from the Jewish ghetto. They are seen as they grow up, marry, bear children and face being ostracized for wanting careers.
History
OUT OF OUR FATHER'S HOUSE first appeared at the Lenox Arts Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. Directed by Daniel Schrier.
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Performing Groups
ELIZA SOUTHGATE (1783-1809): schoolgirl
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815-1902): founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement
MARIA MITCHELL (1818-1889): astronomer
"MOTHER" MARY JONES (1830-1930): labor organizer
DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW (1847-1919): minister and doctor
ELIZABETH GERTRUDE STERN (1890-1954): in the Jewish Ghetto

Three actresses are meant to play all six parts.

  • Time Period 1910s / WWI
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Authors

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Daniel Schrier

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Marjorie Lipari

Eve Merriam

Eve Merriam
Eve Merriam (1916-1992) was a poet, playwright, director and lecturer. Born in Philadelphia in 1916, she attended Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin and Columbia University, and taught and lectured at many other institutions. Her first boo ...
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Paula Wagner

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Jack Hofsiss

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Ruth Crawford Seeger

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