Family Devotions

Play written by David Henry Hwang

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 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] It is also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

## References[edit]

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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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)

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