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My Antonia

No romantic novel ever written in America is one half so beautiful as My Antonia.

H.L. Mencken

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  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

This faithful adaptation brings the wonderful romantic novel's profoundly human characters and its expansive view of 19th century American frontier life vibrantly to the stage. The play celebrates Antonia's story and her extraordinary delight in the happenings of daily life. It moves from the raw hardships of her immigrant family's first year as settlers on the plains through her joyful and rebellious youth to her fulfillment as a farm wife and mother.
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Characters

  • Casting: 11M, 7F, 7M or F

  • The Antonias and the Jim Burdens:
    ANTONIA - (as an adult, plays 22 to 42)
    TONY - (Antonia as a teenager, plays ages 16 to 20)
    ANNIE - (Antonia as a child, age 12)
    JIM BURDEN - (age 38)
    JAMES - (Jim Burden as a teenager, plays ages 13 to 18)
    JIMMY - (Jim Burden as a child, age 8)

    The Men:
    JAKE MARPOLE - A Burden family farm hand. From Virginia
    MR. SHIMERDA - Antonia's father. A musician and dream. From Bohemia.
    AMBROZ SHIMERDA - Antonia's brother (plays ages 20-30)
    MAREK SHIMERDA - Antonia's afflicted brother. Age 16 (doubles in Act II as CHARLEY HARLING, James' teenage buddy and friend.)
    OTTO FUCHS - Burden's handyman. From Austria.
    KRAJIEK - A Bohemian n'er do well. (Doubles in Act II as MR. CUTTER - Black Hawk's lecherous moneylender.)
    GRANDFATHER - Josiah Burden, Jim's Grandfather. Excellent farmer, tall, and Old Testament prophet.
    RUSSIAN PETER - Heavy-set worker. (Doubles in Act II as MR. HARLING - father of the Harling family. A born chauvinist and successful businessman.)
    RUSSIAN PAVEL - Tall, thin, fluent in Russian. (Doubles in Act II as HARRY PAINE - A great dancer and frustrated bank clerk.

    The Women:
    MRS. SHIMERDA - Antonia's mother. Dominant and determined. From Bohemia.
    GRANDMOTHER - Emmaline Burden. Jim's Grandmother. A proud Virginian.
    MRS. HARLING - Dedicated to being a perfect mother and cozy homemaker. From Ohio.
    FRANCES HARLING - Age 24. Skilled business woman. Very handsome. Manages both parents well.
    MRS. CUTTER - A blowzy fading beauty. Given to hysterics.
    LENA LENGARD - Age 20. Beautifully dressed in clothes she has made. From Sweden.
    TINY SODERBALL - Age 18. Perky. Always wears short skirts and striped hose. From Norway.

    The Children:
    LEO CUZAK - Antonia's favourite child. Age 12. Blonde, curly hair. Looks like a little fawn.
    YULKA CUZAK 0 Age 13. Dark hair. (Doubles in Act II as SALLY HARLING - the Tomboy.)
    NINA CUZAK - Age 9. Dark hair. (Doubles in Act II as YULKA SHIMERDA - Antonia's younger sister.)
    LUCIE CUZAK - Age 7. Red Hair. (Doubles in Act II as NINA HARLING - the baby.)
    ANTON CUZAK - Age 10. Sandy hair. (Doubles in Act II as HAROLD HARLING - the musician.)

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    This faithful adaptation brings the wonderful romantic novel's profoundly human characters and its expansive view of 19th century American frontier life vibrantly to the stage. The play celebrates Antonia's story and her extraordinary delight in the happenings of daily life. It moves from the raw hardships of her immigrant family's first year as settlers on the plains through her joyful and rebellious youth to her fulfillment as a farm wife and mother.

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