Homesteaders
by Nina Shengold

Name: Homesteaders
Brand: Nina Shengold
SKU: 9780573619502
Rating: 3.5 (5 reviews)

Homesteaders Book Cover — Homesteaders Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

105 mins1970sRole(s) for Teen(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican

Synopsis

Book by Shengold, Nina

Press Reviews

"Striking new playwright and play...What an extraordinary debut."
— Los Angeles Herald Examiner

"Remarkable for eviscerating honesty."
— Los Angeles Times

"Fine new play with a view of an unusual world...Each character is a fully developed real human being and all are colorful...There is humor and tragedy in this always absorbing and suspenseful drama."
— New Haven Journal Courier

"Landmark American drama."
— Fairpress

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Jack Raftery his brother, 30. Quick, light, irrepressible, a dodger, strength on reserve.	male	—	his brother, 30. Quick, light, irrepressible, a dodger, strength on reserve.
Edra Stone Jack's fiancee, 33. Earthy, worn, pragmatic, doesn't miss trick.	female	—	Jack's fiancee, 33. Earthy, worn, pragmatic, doesn't miss trick.
Laurel Sierra Millis 14, smart, sacracastic and very deeply bruised. Tries to cover her needs with an angry toughness. Can't.	female	—	14, smart, sacracastic and very deeply bruised. Tries to cover her needs with an angry toughness. Can't.
Osie Olsen a hearty ex-logging camp cook in her sixties.	female	—	a hearty ex-logging camp cook in her sixties.
Neal Raftery a subsistence fisherman, 38. Powerful, charismatic, rage shielding warmth, deeply needy.	—	—	a subsistence fisherman, 38. Powerful, charismatic, rage shielding warmth, deeply needy.