Family Devotions

Family Devotions
Family Devotions
Written by	David Henry Hwang
Characters	Robert ; Ama; Hannah; Chester; Wilbur; PoPo; Joanne; Jenny; DiGou
Date premiered	October 18, 1981
Place premiered	Joseph Papp Public Theater; New York City
Original language	English
Subject	East/West cultural stereotypes; Religion; Family
Genre	Drama
Setting	Los Angeles; early eighties

Family Devotions is a 1981 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang.^[1] Hwang's third play, it depicts the clash of West and East within three generations of an assimilated Chinese-American family living in a Los Angeles suburb. The play premiered on October 18, 1981 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.^[2] It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, with Michael Paul Chan, Jodi Long, Lauren Tom, and Victor Wong. The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group.^[3] and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Family Devotions". Public Theater. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
^ "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2010.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Family Devotions". Public Theater. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

[3] "Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays". TCG. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2010.

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v t Works by David Henry Hwang
Full-length plays	FOB (1980) Family Devotions (1981) Rich Relations (1986) M. Butterfly (1988) Face Value (1993) Golden Child (1996) Peer Gynt (1998) Tibet Through the Red Box (2004) Yellow Face (2007) Chinglish (2011) Kung Fu (2014)
Short plays	The Dance and the Railroad (1981) The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983) The Sound of a Voice (1983) As the Crow Flies (1986) Bondage (1992) Trying to Find Chinatown (1996) Bang Kok (1996) Merchandising (1999) Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet (2001) The Great Helmsman (2007) A Very DNA Reunion (2010) Cain and Abel (2014)
Film/television	Blind Alleys (1985) M. Butterfly (1993) Golden Gate (1994) The Lost Empire/The Monkey King (2001) Possession (2002) The Affair (2016)
Music theatre	1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988) The Voyage (1992) The Silver River (1997) Aida (2000) Flower Drum Song (2001) Ainadamar (2003) The Sound of a Voice (2003) Tarzan (2006) Alice in Wonderland (2007) The Fly (2008) Dream of the Red Chamber (2016) An American Soldier (2018) Soft Power (2018)