The Left Hand Singing
by Barbara Lebow

Name: The Left Hand Singing
Brand: Barbara Lebow
SKU: 9780822220107
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)

The Left Hand Singing Book Cover — The Left Hand Singing Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Amidst the idealism and violence of Freedom Summer in 1964 Mississippi, three college students vanish, seemingly without a trace.

As the parents of Honey, Linda, and Wes cope with their loss, they become inescapably linked--the heirs of t

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Press Reviews

"Playwright Barbara Lebow has created a moving, funny, and thoughtful drama…THE LEFT HAND SINGING [is] a play not easily forgotten, with some twists and turns that are both unpredictable and instructive…The dialogue is a rich compilation of thirty years of American civil rights efforts…It seems ironic that the play, about the dangers of asserting one's civil rights in Mississippi in 1964, should open in the same week in which that state's voters have decided to hang onto the state's most divisive symbol—their Confederate flag.“ —Arkansas Democrat Gazette. ”…intense and thoughtful…subtly exposes how prejudice infects people—regardless of race, ethnic-ity, religion, or geographic location—and poisons our perspective.“ —Arkansas Times. ”…vivid, three-dimensional characters…THE LEFT HAND SINGING gives credible details of three disparate families brought together by youthful ideals and then terrible tragedy…[It] explores the family and political pressures that turn youths into activists,"
— Creative Loafing (Atlanta)