If you're looking for a play with terrific roles for women, The Friendly Hour is a wonderful choice. Charting the history of our country over 70 years through the meetings of a rural ladies' club in South Dakota, the play touches the heart while illuminating political and social change. Four of the actors develop their characters and relationships over seven decades, one plays a succession of ladies who are only briefly in the club, which makes for a crazily delightful climax to the first act. The final scene brings together themes of sisterhood and conflict in a powerfully emotional coda.
If you're looking for a play with terrific roles for women, The Friendly Hour is a wonderful choice. Charting the history of our country over 70 years through the meetings of a rural ladies' club in South Dakota, the play touches the heart while illuminating political and social change. Four of the actors develop their characters and relationships over seven decades, one plays a succession of ladies who are only briefly in the club, which makes for a crazily delightful climax to the first act. The final scene brings together themes of sisterhood and conflict in a powerfully emotional coda.