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Please Don't Go Back Where You Came From
Author(s):
John O'brien
All men are brothers. All women are sisters. We are members of one human family. This is the American dream which must be renewed with each passing generation. Nina, an Asian girl, enrolls in an American high school. She is still learning English and needs help with her classwork. Jocko, who is anything but a jock, is attracted to her and offers to tutor. Jennifer, an Irish-American girl who had considered Jocko her boyfriend, is jealous of Jocko's attention to Nina. In a rage, she loses control and says to Nina, "Why don't you go back where you came from?" Nina is crushed. Later Jennifer finds a diary written by her great-grandmother, telling of her first day in America, at a time when a sign reading N.I.N.A. in a store window meant "No Irish Need Apply." When a bigot taunted Jennifer's great-grandmother, she wanted to give up on America, until a kind landlady said to her, "Please don't go back where you came from." Jennifer, touched deeply by the diary, repeats these words to Nina and finds a new friend. Area staging.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | 59 minutes | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 11 | | Male Characters: | 5 | | Female Characters: | 6 | | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: |
$60.00 /per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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