Niedecker
by Kristine Thatcher

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

1970sUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican

Synopsis

This is a lovely play about an obscure but fine American poet, Lorine Niedecker.

It focuses on the relationship between the poet and a young woman who is determined to make the world acquainted with Ms. Niedecker's work.

Produced Off Broadway.

Press Reviews

"A lovely play."
— The New York Post

"Ms. Thatcher's gentle play is the best kind of tribute. It's not a eulogizing staged reading of her work, but a subtle, warmly humorous drama that explores the creative process with the same surgical precision that makes Peter Shaffer's Amadeus so fascinating."
— The Detroit News

"A tender, touching play."
— Grand Rapids Press

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Al He is a rough outdoors man, who rode the freights before settling in Milwaukee as a building painter.	male	—	He is a rough outdoors man, who rode the freights before settling in Milwaukee as a building painter.
Ginny A registered nurse. A domestic, vigorous, earth-bound lady of sixty; active in the community, apple of her husband's eye.	female	—	A registered nurse. A domestic, vigorous, earth-bound lady of sixty; active in the community, apple of her husband's eye.
Mary She is a callow girl of eighteen at the play's beginning, having received a sheltered Catholic education.	female	—	She is a callow girl of eighteen at the play's beginning, having received a sheltered Catholic education.
Lorine A slight woman, with a direct, but quiet manner. She is constantly focused on others, with the exception of those few moments when she is working on her poetry.	female	—	A slight woman, with a direct, but quiet manner. She is constantly focused on others, with the exception of those few moments when she is working on her poetry.