Overview
Synopsis
The play is set in an impoverished Catholic mission in rural New Mexico where a group of disparate individuals gather due to an accident at a nearby nuclear facility. Included among them are a burnt out college professor, his much younger wife, the elderly parish priest, his brilliant half-Indian foster son, a middle-aged art gallery owner and her much younger boytoy lover. Confined within the church, they begin to reveal their stories to each other – their trials and tribulations, their hopes and fears and the personal crises which have brought them not only to this place but to turning points in their lives
Show Information
- Book
- Lanford Wilson
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1982
- Genres
- Cast Size
- small
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult, Late Teen Characters, Small Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Spoken |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
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Spoken |
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Lead |
Female |
Spoken |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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