Rivers and Ravines, The
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 9M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573691003
A haunting and emotionally draining play. A community of farmers and ranchers in a small Colorado town disintegrates under the weight of failure and thwarted ambitions. Most of the farmers, their spouses, children, clergyman, banker and greasy spoon proprietress survice, but it is survival without triumph. This is an Our Town for the 80s.
The Washington Post
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
REVIEWS:
A haunting and emotionally draining play. A community of farmers and ranchers in a small Colorado town disintegrates under the weight of failure and thwarted ambitions. Most of the farmers, their spouses, children, clergyman, banker and greasy spoon proprietress survive, but it is survival without triumph. This is an Our Town for the 80's.
The Washington Post
Characters
- Casting: 9M, 5F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
RAY MacCORMICK - early 50s, farmer
WINONA TARLOW - early 40s, part Hopi Indian, owner of Winona Tarlow's Cafe & Bar
JOHN HARPER - late 30s, rancher, later property management consultant
TESS HARPER - mid 30s, farmwife
CARL PRITCHARD - mid 40s, banker
MOLLY PRITCHARD - his daughter, 14, runs off to Clown College in Sarasota, Florida
BILL HODDUPP - early 40s, minister, later founder of Rural Crisis Hotline
CALEB STRATMAN - rancher, mid 50s
WORDSWORTH (WORDY) STRATMAN - his son, 15
MAUDALINE STRATMAN - his daughter, 8
EMIL THE FIFTH (pronounced Amyl) - mid 50s, farmer
ALICE DRAKE - late 30s, Farmers Home Administration loan officer, later works as volunteer on Rural Crisis Hotline
TED and GINNY - 2 USDA representatives
T. BART HEYHO - TV gameshow host
REPORTER
CAMERAMAN
NEWS DIRECTOR
AUCTIONEER
Available Material
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Rivers and Ravines, The Script
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Originally produced to acclaim by Washington D.C.'s famed Arena Stage, this is an engrossing political drama about the contemporary farm crisis in America and its effect on rural communities. |
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