The Silver Apples Of The Moon
by Jean Lenox Toddie

Name: The Silver Apples Of The Moon
Brand: Jean Lenox Toddie
SKU: 9780573633386
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act 40 mins Present Day Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Synopsis

The story of a college student from a rose-scented home in the east who is sitting in a ten-foot circle in the searing sun of a high western desert.

Why is the Indian elder sitting with her through hot days and cold nights?

For what are they waiting?

And who is the Indian woman warning her to return to the college town where her mother is spraying roses and her father, a professor, is writing poetry in the silver light of the moon.

And what of her brother, restless in a home where you don't get dessert unless you have a doctorate?

And her grown sister still sticking chewing gum behind her headboard?

Why do their letters call her home?

This play, haunting and humorous, celebrates life, family love and the wisdom myths of native Americans.

The prize-winning playwright's work has been performed on four continents.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
SAMANTHA A college student working on a master’s degree and living temporarily on an Indian reservation in the American Southwest	—	—	A college student working on a master’s degree and living temporarily on an Indian reservation in the American Southwest
RED EARTH MAN An Indian elder	—	—	An Indian elder
SOUP WOMAN An older Indian woman	female	—	An older Indian woman
FATHER Samantha’s father, a professor at an Eastern university	male	—	Samantha’s father, a professor at an Eastern university
MOTHER Samantha’s mother	female	—	Samantha’s mother
KATE Samantha’s younger sister	female	—	Samantha’s younger sister
CORY Samantha’s younger brother	male	—	Samantha’s younger brother