Out of Our Father's House

Out of Our Father's House

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

Out of Our Father's House

Out of Our Father's House

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

Overview

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.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Period, Docudrama/Historic
  • Time Period: 1910s / WWI
  • Cast Attributes: All Women, Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable casting, Flexible cast size
  • Target Audience: Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Authors

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Daniel Schrier

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Marjorie Lipari

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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