The Orphans' Home Cycle

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Director Michael Wilson, and Hallie Foote, playwright Horton Foote’s daughter, talk about staging "The Orphans' Home Cycle," a nine-play family saga that chronicles the childhood, coming of age, and adulthood of Horace Robedaux, a character based heavily on Horton Foote’s father. "The Orphans' Home Cycle" is presented in three parts at The Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street. More information and tickets here.

You can listen to Leonard's 1999 interview with Horton Foote, and his 2008 interview with Hallie Foote, on Horton Foote's Tribute Page.

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