Family Devotions

Family Devotions
Written byDavid Henry Hwang
CharactersRobert
Ama
Hannah
Chester
Wilbur
PoPo
Joanne
Jenny
DiGou
Date premieredOctober 18, 1981
Place premieredJoseph Papp Public Theater
New York City
Original languageEnglish
SubjectEast/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family
GenreDrama
SettingLos Angeles; early eighties

Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang.[1] Hwang's third play depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an assimilated Chinese-American family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.[2] 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.[3] It is also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Family Devotions". Public Theater. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2010.