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An American Daughter
May 31, 1996 - June 02, 1996
· Seattle Repertory Theater
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The third collaboration between Meryl and Wendy Wasserstein after the television taping of Wasserstein’s play “Uncommon Women… and Others” and an uncredited voice cameo in “Isn’t It Romantic”, “An American Daughter” was first performed as a reading at the Lincoln Center in 1996 with Streep reading the part of Lyssa. Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes seems to have it all, a loving husband, smart kids, a lovely home, a politically prominent father, a highly successful career and now a nomination to become U.S. Surgeon General. However, in Wendy Wasserstein’s play, Lyssa suddenly becomes the center of a national controversy.