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My Sister in this House

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w

Wendy Kesselman

Winner! Playbill Playwriting Award
Winner! 1980-1981 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

"A crucible of psychosexual horror." - The New York Times

"A subtle, almost tender study of four lonely women whose strange and complex relatio…

My Sister in this House

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w
  • Suggested Use
    • UIL Approved
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Playbill Playwriting Award
    Winner! 1980-1981 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

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Summary
This extraordinary drama, produced to acclaim at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and at NYC's Second Stage, tells the story of a celebrated 1930's French murder case, in which two maids sisters were convicted of murdering their employer and her daughter. This very cinematically structured work explores the motivations which led the sisters to commit murder.

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"A crucible of psychosexual horror. " - The New York Times "A subtle, almost tender study of four lonely women whose strange and complex relationship ends in an outrage of violence...A haunting beauty of a play." - The New York Post

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Wendy Kesselman

Wendy Kesselman

Besides her Tony-nominated adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, Wendy Kesselman’s plays include The Executioner’s Daughter; The Notebook; The Foggy Foggy Dew; The Last Bridge; I Love You, I Love You Not; Maggie Magalita; Merry-Go-Round; The Shell Collection; My Sister in Th ...

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