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The America Play

Suzan-Lori Parks

The America Play

Suzan-Lori Parks

The America Play Essay Topics

1.

What does the play say about mythmaking and the creation of history? What is the difference between mainstream historical narratives and individual histories?

2.

What does the Great Hole of History represent? Why is the Foundling Father building a replica, and what does it mean that he ends up lost in it?

3.

How would you describe the people who pay the Foundling Father to “shoot Lincoln”? What do you think their different motives are?

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