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The Orphans' Home Cycle

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Signature Theatre Company
555 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036
nr. Eleventh Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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Photo by T. Charles Erickson

Price

$20

Tickets

Reservations

Advance Tickets Recommended

Running Time

Varies

Director

Michael Wilson

Cast

Devon Abner, Mike Boland, Pat Bowie, Leon Addison Brown, James DeMarse, Hallie Foote, Justin Fuller Jasmine Harrison, Bill Heck Henry Hodges, Georgi James, Annalee Jefferies, Virginia Kull, Maggie Lacey, Gilbert Owuor, Jenny Dare Paulin, Pamela Payton-Wright, Bryce Pinkham, Stephen Plunkett, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Dylan Riley Snyder, and Charles Turner

Nearby Subway Stops

A, C, E at 42nd St.-Port Authority Bus Terminal

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Schedule
Thru 3/28/10
Performed in three parts, the schedule for The Orphans' Home Cycle varies a great deal. Please see the official schedule for performance dates, including marathon sessions of all three parts.

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By the time of his death in March, Horton Foote was considered a major American playwright, but his final work is far grander than anything we saw during his lifetime. The Orphans’ Home Cycle is a behemoth, made up of nine plays presented in three triptychs (on a variety of schedules, including marathons that go straight through its nine hours). Tracing one man’s 26-year odyssey from displaced youth to family patriarch, the play attempts to answer the basic question: “Why does life happen the way it does?”

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NYCritique from 91607 | Posted on 11/17/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)

A beautiful piece of theater that will leave you extremely satisfied and wishing Foote was still with us. I whole heartedly recommend seeing the marathon. If that's not possible for you, then just pick a play out of the series and go! You will not regret it. Bill Heck and the rest of the cast is engaging and organic. I love this show!

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