The America Play

The America Play
Written bySuzan-Lori Parks
Date premiered1994
Place premieredYale Repertory Theatre
Original languageEnglish

The America Play is a two-act play that was written by Suzan-Lori Parks in 1993. The play follows an African-American gravedigger who loves and resembles Abraham Lincoln, so much so that he also works as a Lincoln impersonator. For this reason he is referred to throughout the play as the "Foundling Father." As an impersonator he charges his customers a penny to take part in a reenactment of Lincoln's assassination.

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