ripple, the wave that carries me home, the
- Full Length Play, Drama, 1980s, 1940s / WWII, 1930s, 1990s, 1950s, 1970s, 1960s
- 1M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573711169
This poignant, quietly subversive play from Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson is a moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 105 minutes
- Time Period: 1980s, 1940s / WWII, 1930s, 1990s, 1950s, 1970s, 1960s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Steinberg/ATCA Award (2023)
REVIEWS:
"Humorous, heartfelt… honest… a radiant celebration of love and forgiveness."
Chicago Theatre Review
"Powerful… brings every period to life with vivid immediacy… Anderson’s enthralling language is peppered with brilliantly evocative turns of phrase."
Bay Area News Group
"A touchingly humorous and passionate play that explores racial justice, family dynamics, and the importance of forgiveness. [Anderson] has captured the essence of decades of a family’s search for racial justice."
Berkleyside
"Anderson is a gifted playwright you want to pay attention to. She has the voice of a poet."
Variety
"Passages that ripple towards poetry... Like water itself, there are depths in this story that defy cut-and-dried boundaries."
Chicago Sun-Times
"Anderson’s brilliant writing shows evidence of a careful hand… expertly telling a story of political and familial turmoil… every vignette of a memory passed is immaculate. The work is deeply empathetic, nuanced and above all, honest."
The Daily Californian
"In her moving new drama… playwright Christina Anderson gives us what we want — or, more accurately, what we need. A generous and empathetic writer, Anderson allows for triumph amid the tragedy and for growth and understanding amid hostilities and resentments… she even leaves us swimming in the possibility of joy."
Chad Jones' Theater Dogs
"Compelling… a reckoning of what it means to come home."
BroadwayWorld
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
- Casting Notes: All actors should be around the same age as the actor playing Janice.
HELEN – The mother
GAYLE – The aunt
EDWIN – The father
REPORTER, JUROR CITIZEN – Interviews from the TV; can be performed by Edwin or others
JANICE’S ANSWERING MACHINE – Actor who plays Edwin or someone else
HELEN & GAYLE’S ANSWERING MACHINE – Actress who plays Gayle
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Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson penned this poignant, transporting and quietly subversive story of racial justice, political legacy and family forgiveness. Janice’s childhood was steeped in her parents’ activism as they fought for the integration of public swimming pools in 1960s Kansas and taught scores of Black children to swim. But Janice later steps away from her parents’ politics and starts her own life and family far away – until she’s pressed into speaking at a ceremony honoring her father. the ripple, the wave that carried me home is a moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance. |
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