The Snow Geese
by Sharr White

Name: The Snow Geese
Brand: Sharr White
SKU: 9780822230816
Rating: 3.62 (17 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

Unit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play, appreciating some of its emotional depth and craftsmanship while also feeling it falls short in its relevance. Many find Sharr White's writing powerful, but some express frustration over its familiar themes of disintegrating families. A few believe it lacks the contemporary resonance needed to stand out.

Emotional depthCraftsmanship of writingPowerful performancesFamiliar themesLacks contemporary relevance

Synopsis

With war raging abroad, newly widowed Elizabeth Gaesling gathers her family for their annual shooting party, to mark the opening of hunting season in rural upstate New York.

But Elizabeth is forced to confront a new reality as her carefree eldest son comes to terms with his impending deployment overseas and her younger son discovers that the father they all revered left them deeply in debt.

Together, the family must let go of the life they've always known.

Press Reviews

"In its setting and circumstances, a past-its-prime country lodge on the eve of epochal change, THE SNOW GEESE brings to mind Chekhov, as do its restless, anxious characters…Mr. White deploys these figures in the interests of family [drama] and larger social commentary.” —The New York Times. “In THE OTHER PLACE, White proved himself sensitive to the emotional attachment that people have always had to their beloved family homesteads, and THE SNOW GEESE speaks to that devotion.” —Variety. “THE SNOW GEESE imagines three women characters with psychological twists and folds of unusual richness and depth."
— Newsday (NY)