Ancestral Voices

Theatre

Name:	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Address:	150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Production Information

First performance date:	March 28, 1999
Opening date:	October 18, 1999
Closing date:	April 3, 2000
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Ancestral Voices is set in Gurney's hometown of Buffalo, New York in the 1940's. It is a bittersweet story, perceived through the eyes of young Eddie, whose family is turned inside out when his grandmother unexpectedly divorces his grandfather in order to marry his grandfather's best friend. Simultaneously, the outside world is undergoing temporal changes and we follow the family through the ensuing decades of war and social upheaval. As with Gurney's popular play Love Letters, Ancestral Voices was written to be performed informally, with actors reading from scripts. Following the model of Love Letters, we again had different actors performing throughout the run of Ancestral Voices.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Lincoln Center Theater	Producer

	A.R. (Pete) Gurney	Playwright

	Daniel Sullivan	Director

	Rui Rita	Lighting Designer

	Roy Harris	Stage Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	David Aaron Baker	Eddie
	Philip Bosco	Eddie's grandfather
	Blythe Danner	Jane
	Edward Herrmann	Harvey
	Elizabeth Wilson	Eddie's grandmother

Replacement Credits

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Mason Adams	N/A
	Frank Converse	N/A
	Mariette Hartley	N/A
	Robert Sean Leonard	N/A
	Anne Pitoniak	N/A

Notes

Ancestral Voices performed on Sunday and Monday nights only.