Approaching Zanzibar
by Tina Howe

Name: Approaching Zanzibar
Brand: Tina Howe
SKU: 9780573691287
Rating: 3.69 (2 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

Present DayRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

This play by the author of Pride's Crossing , among others, follows the Blossom family as they travel cross country to see Aunt Olivia, who has cancer.

She is a renowned environmental artist who creates enormous sculptures out of kites.

The family camps along the way, having various adventures and meeting relatives and strangers.

When they arrive in Taos, New Mexico, Olivia is fading in and out of reality, or is she?

Press Reviews

"A comedy with serious undertones ... that takes the audience by surprise time after time.... What pervades the show is Miss Howe's originality and purity of dramatic imagination."
— The New Yorker

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Charlotte Blossom His wife, 45	female	—	His wife, 45
Turner Blossom Their son, a prodigy, 12	—	—	Their son, a prodigy, 12
Pony Blossom Their nearsighted daughter, 9	female	—	Their nearsighted daughter, 9
Randy Wands A new father, 43	male	—	A new father, 43
Palace St. John A hearty grandmother, 63	—	—	A hearty grandmother, 63
Fletcher St. John Her deaf grandson, 11	female	—	Her deaf grandson, 11
Scotty Childs Charlotte's brother, a landscape architect, 48	male	—	Charlotte's brother, a landscape architect, 48
Joy Childs His new wife, a TV newscaster who's black and 7 months pregnant, 28	female	—	His new wife, a TV newscaster who's black and 7 months pregnant, 28
Amy Childs Scotty's athletic daughter, played by a boy, 11	female	—	Scotty's athletic daughter, played by a boy, 11
Dalia Paz Olivia's Mexican nurse, 28	—	—	Olivia's Mexican nurse, 28
Olivia Childs Charlotte's aunt, an eminent site specific artist, 81	—	—	Charlotte's aunt, an eminent site specific artist, 81
Dr. Sybil Wren Her doctor, with a severe limp, 60's	female	60s	Her doctor, with a severe limp, 60's
Wallace Blossom A composer, 49	—	—	A composer, 49