Rocket City, Alabam'
by Mark Saltzman

Name: Rocket City, Alabam'
Brand: Mark Saltzman
SKU: 9780573697579

Rocket City, Alabam' Book Cover — Rocket City, Alabam' Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

105 mins 1950s Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Interior Set Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

At the dawn of the Cold War, the early 1950s, a young, brash, Army major, Hamilton Pike, brings famed German rocket scientist and former Hitler employee Wernher Von Braun to Huntsville, Alabama, a cotton town selected to become America's "Rocket City."

But Huntsville is a Jewish community over a century old.

Sparks fly and tempters explode when Amy Lubin, the Jewish fiancaee of local war hero Jed Kessler learns of Von Braun's Nazi past.

Themes Drama

Press Reviews

"Through Rocket City we are provoked into assessing our own beliefs and any ambiguities in our moral principles—the play also confronts its audiences with challenges to issues of race relations, gender politics, religious tolerance, military authority and the divide between North and South that remain with us today."
— Michael P. Howley, Montgomery Advertiser

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Major Hamilton Pike, Jr . American blue-blood, Princeton- educated Army officer. Mid-20s to early 30s	male	20s	American blue-blood, Princeton- educated Army officer. Mid-20s to early 30s
Jed Kessler Amy's Alabama-born fiancé, 20s	—	20s	Amy's Alabama-born fiancé, 20s
Wernher Von Braun The German rocket genius.	—	—	The German rocket genius.
Israel Watkins African-American WWII vet and local entertainer.	—	—	African-American WWII vet and local entertainer.
Susanna Pruitt The leader of Huntsville society and columnist for the local paper. Two multi-role actors.	—	—	The leader of Huntsville society and columnist for the local paper. Two multi-role actors.
Amy Lubin Young New York woman, early 20s	female	20s	Young New York woman, early 20s