Set in Washington, D.C., AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER focuses on Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes, a health care expert and forty-something daughter of a long-time Senator. When the President nominates Lyssa to a Cabinet post, an indiscretion from her past is discovered. The media turns it into a scandal that imperils her confirmation and divides her family and friends. Lyssa is forced to make a decision: continue to pursue the post and face an ugly Senate hearing; or decline the nomination, becoming a sacrificial lamb for the President. Partisan politics in our nation’s capital, however, are nothing compared to the personal politics in Lyssa’s living room, where complicated relationships unravel with her father, husband and her best girlfriend—not to mention the awkward encounters she has with an exuberant neo-feminist author and a relentless TV journalist.
“Wasserstein is beautiful when she’s angry … A daring play — beautiful, brilliant, angry and funny.” – NY Newsday
“A brave and ambitious play that portrays with withering accuracy the damage wrought by the tart-tongued TV culture of Washington.” – USA Today
Wed-Sat at 8:00 pm
Sun at 3:00 pm
Runtime: 2:30, including intermission
THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING FOR THIS PRODUCTION.
Wendy Wasserstein
2016 marks the 10th anniversary of Wasserstein’s death
Sponsored artists indicated with
Lyssa Dent Hughes Susan Marie Rhea
Walter Abrahmson Mark Alan Rhea
Dr. Judith B. Kaufman Lolita Marie
Quincy Quince Brianna Letourneau
Morrow McCarthy Slice Hicks
Timber Tucker Michael Innocenti
Senator Alan Hughes Timothy H. Lynch
Charlotte Hughes Sheri S. Herren
Billy Josh Sticklin
Camera Crew Kathleen Mason & Zach Norris
Director Brandon McCoy
Assistant Director Marie Sproul
Stage Manager Juliana Parks
Set Designer Matthew J. Keenan
Properties and Set Dressing Designer Carol Hood Baker
Sound Designer Tony Angelini
Costume Designer Alison Johnson
Production Assistant Nikki Hoffpauir
Hair and Makeup Designer Craig Miller
Assistant Stage Managers Kathleen Mason & Zach Norris
Lighting Designer Colin Dieck
Photography Mike Kozemchak
Marcie Cohen
Kiki Powers sponsoring Brandon McCoy
Marge & John Bernbaum sponsoring Susan Marie Rhea
Maggie Butler sponsoring Mark A. Rhea
Gail & Peter Hansen sponsoring Lolita Marie
Maggie Butler sponsoring Brianna Letourneau
Maggie Butler sponsoring Slice Hicks
Maggie Butler sponsoring Timothy H. Lynch
Maggie Butler sponsoring Sheri S. Herren
Roberta & Greg Milman sponsoring Michael Innocenti
Marcie Cohen sponsoring Josh Sticklin
Maggie Butler sponsoring Matthew J. Keenan
Maggie Butler sponsoring Kathleen Mason
Maggie Butler sponsoring Zach Norris
Kiki Powers sponsoring Juliana Parks