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The Orphans' Home Cycle Part 1: The Story of a Childhood Tickets

Set in the fictitious town of Harrison, Texas and based partly on the childhood of playwright Horton Foote's father and the courtship and marriage of his parents, “The Orphans’ Home Cycle" spans the lives of three families over three decades.

The Story of a Childhood begins at the turn of the 20th century and follows Horace Robedaux in his formative years. It includes the plays Roots in a Parched Ground, Convicts and Lily Dale.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on May. 8, 2010.

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About The Orphans' Home Cycle Part 1: The Story of a Childhood on Broadway

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Previews: Nov 5, 2009 • Closing: May 8, 2010
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What Is the Story of The Orphans’ Home Cycle: The Story of a Childhood?
The Story of a Childhood is the first part in a trilogy of nine plays centering on Horace Robedaux, a character based on the father of playwright Horton Foote. Set in and around a small Texas town, the show consists of three plays, each an hour long: Roots in a Parched Ground (set in 1902) tells of the death of Horace’s father from alcoholism when the boy is 12 years old; Convicts (set in 1904) centers on a farm where 14-year-old Horace is sent to work alongside prison inmates; and Lily Dale (set in 1910) presents the young adult Horace, reunited with the mother who abandoned him when she remarried and moved to Houston with his younger sister.
 

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Cast

Annalee Jeffries
Mrs. Thornton
Dylan Riley Snyder
Horace Robedaux, age 12
Virginia Kull
Corella Robedaux
Georgi James
Lily Dale Robedaux, age 10
Maggie Lacey
Inez Thornton
Justin Fuller
Albert Thornton
Jenny Dare Paulin
Minnie Curtis/Lily Dale Robedaux
Mike Boland
Mr. Ritter/Billy Vaughn
Hallie Foote
Mrs. Robedaux/Asa Vaughn
Horace Robedaux/Paul Horace Robedaux
Devon Abner
John Howard/Pete Davenport
Lucas Caleb Rooney
George Tyler/Sheriff
Henry Hodges
Lloyd/Horace Robedaux, age 14
Pete Davenport
Pat Bowie
Martha Johnson
Charles Turner
Ben Johnson
Gilbert Owuor
Leroy Kendricks
James DeMarse
Soll Gautier
Leon Addison Brown
Jackson Hall
Pamela Payton-Wright
Mrs. Coons
Stephen Plunkett
Will Kidder

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Written by
Horton Foote
Director
Michael Wilson
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