MAIN STREET THEATER
Presents
AN AMERICAN
DAUGHTER
by Wendy Wasserstein
AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER by Wendy Wasserstein. Rachel Hemphill as Dr. Judith Kaufman and Erica Garrison as Lyssa Dent Hughes. Photo by Doug Kilgore
Directed by Patti Bean
Director Patti Bean in AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER by Wendy Wasserstein
September 10 through October 11, 1998
Main Street Theater at Chelsea Market
4617 Montrose Blvd.
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CAST
Lyssa Dent Hughes...............................Erica K. Garrison
Quincy Quince........................................Kim Sevier
Judith B. Kaufman..................................Rachel M. Hemphill
Walter Abrahmson.................................Joel Stark
Morrow McCarthy..................................Andrew Dawson
Timber Tucker..........................................Bill Hargrove
Senator Alan Hughes.............................Carl Masterson
Charlotte "Chubby" Hughes.................Sue Mortenson
Jimmy.........................................................Todd A. Greenfield
Billy Robbins.............................................Robert Leeds
Camera Man..............................................Jeff Plummer
Anchor Man.............................................Charles Tanner
Anchor Woman.......................................Kelli Cousins
Radio Voice...............................................Bryan Bounds
Child's Voice..............................................Ryan Brown
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A Georgetown living room, Washington D.C.
ACT ONE: THE PRESENT
ACT TWO: ONE WEEK LATER
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Wendy Wasserstein is the author of Uncommon Women and Others, Isn't It Romantic, The Heidi
Chronicles, The Sisters Rosensweig, and An American Daughter. Her numerous awards include
the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Susan Smith Blackburn prize, William Inge Award for
Distinguished Achievement in American Theatre, New York Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics
Circle, and Drama Desk awards, as well as a grant from the Kennedy Center Fund for New
American Plays. Ms. Wasserstein has written the screenplays for House of Husbands (with
Christopher Durang) and The Object of My Affection, as well as the books Bachelor Girls and
Pamela's First Musical. She has also written for New York Woman, The New Yorker, and The
New York Times.
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MST Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden and Erica K. Garrison as Lyssa Dent Hughes
in AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER by Wendy Wasserstein.
ABOUT THE PLAY
An American Daughter was first performed as a reading at the Lincoln Center in 1996 with Meryl
Streep reading the part of Lyssa. Later that year it was produced as a workshop in the New Plays
Series at The Seattle Repertory Theatre. In April, 1997, it was produced at the Lincoln Center
under the direction of Daniel Sullivan; the production featured Kate Nelligan as Lyssa, Lynne
Thigpen as Judith, and Hal Holbrook as Alan; Ms. Thigpen received a Tony Award for her
performance. The play was subsequently produced at Seattle Repertory Theatre under the
direction of David Saint.
MST's production marks the Houston and regional debut of An American Daughter. MST has
previously produced Ms. Wasserstein's UnCommon Women and Others (1979, 1980, 1986). The
Heidi Chronicles (1992), and The Sisters Rosensweig (1998).
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AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
The Southwest Premiere Party at Main Street Theater
September 10, 1998
Director Patti Bean, Beverly Hutchison, Rebecca Greene Udden