The Lawyer's Father

by Alex Kulak

Set in the most divided time of recent American history, The Lawyer's Father is a play about how (and if) family can survive in an ever-polarizing political world.

In 1990, on the eve of a career-defining trial, civil liberties attorney Derrick Williams battles the memories of his estranged father as he prepares to become a father himself. In 2015, Derrick will find himself instead fighting to hold onto his son...

Set in the most divided time of recent American history, The Lawyer's Father is a play about how (and if) family can survive in an ever-polarizing political world.

In 1990, on the eve of a career-defining trial, civil liberties attorney Derrick Williams battles the memories of his estranged father as he prepares to become a father himself. In 2015, Derrick will find himself instead fighting to hold onto his son as he becomes a part of an intense new political movement. Part One of the Father-Son Cycle.

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The Lawyer's Father

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  • Doug DeVita: The Lawyer's Father by Alex Kulak
    “

    A terrific political drama spanning decades, Kulak's take on troubled Father-Son relationships across two generations within the same family, is never less than riveting, and frequently heartbreaking. The first of three Father-Son plays, I'm looking forward to reading the next two in the cycle.

    A terrific political drama spanning decades, Kulak's take on troubled Father-Son relationships across two generations within the same family, is never less than riveting, and frequently heartbreaking. The first of three Father-Son plays, I'm looking forward to reading the next two in the cycle.

    ”
  • Mark Mason: The Lawyer's Father by Alex Kulak
    “

    A haunting mashup of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and THE GODFATHER, in which time and memory bleed into one another and set in an America tortured by the ghosts of bigotry and hate, in which the personal is political and vice versa. Elegiac and deeply sad yet full of passion and a reserved Midwestern stoicism, about family and the torment that's born when flawed men try and live through their sons. Memorable and intriguing.

    A haunting mashup of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and THE GODFATHER, in which time and memory bleed into one another and set in an America tortured by the ghosts of bigotry and hate, in which the personal is political and vice versa. Elegiac and deeply sad yet full of passion and a reserved Midwestern stoicism, about family and the torment that's born when flawed men try and live through their sons. Memorable and intriguing.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, FreeStage, Illinois State University, 2018

Awards

  • Best Staged Reading
    Mask and Hammer Awards
    Finalist
    2018