Children of Hooverville
By Hollie Michaels
Children of Hooverville is a play that needs 13 to 20 performers (10 women, 3 men). Licensed by YouthPLAYS.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 13 to 20 performers
- Roles
- 10 women, 3 men
- Cast notes
- 10 females, 3 males (with opportunity to add up to 7 additional non-speaking roles; 13-20 performers possible).
- Running time
- About 50 minutes
- Recommended level
- Middle school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- YouthPLAYS
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Synopsis
After 13-year-old Elsie Davis loses her family farm to the bank and her brother to the dust storms, she joins family and friends on a forced journey along Route 66 in search of a better life in California. Together they must survive unimaginable hardships and overcome theft, illness and unsympathetic authorities. But when at last they arrive in the Golden State, it may not be the promised land they had hoped for... -->
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