Family Devotions | |
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Written by | David Henry Hwang |
Characters | Robert Ama Hannah Chester Wilbur PoPo Joanne Jenny DiGou |
Date premiered | October 18, 1981 |
Place premiered |
Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City |
Original language | English |
Subject | East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | Los Angeles; early eighties |
Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's third play, it depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an Americanized Chinese family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, with Michael Paul Chan, Jodi Long, Lauren Tom, and Victor Wong. The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group. and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.