THE STREET OF USEFUL THINGS
a new play
When Antonia Kaspar returns to Frankfurt in 1950 from South Africa after an absence of 15 years, the strudel does not taste the same as when she left. Inspired by my German-Jewish grandmother’s departure story of exile and return—a meditation on food as a weapon, a salve, and a means to home.
production
premiere: Act II Playhouse, Ambler, PA, 2005
directed by Randy White
designed by Lauren Helpern
with Sally Mercer, Dan Kern, Cheryl Williams, Charlotte Northeast, Maureen Torsney-Weir,
Adrienne Marta, Jacob Todd, David Corenswet
development
• readings: New Theater, Miami, and New Georges, 2003
• workshop: Playtime, New Dramatists, directed by Linsay Firman, 2003
support
• Philadelphia Theatre Initiative project grant, Pew Charitable Trust, 2004
honors
• finalist, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, 2002
• finalist, Shenandoah Playwrights Retreat, 2003
