The Orphans Home Cycle - Part One - The Story of a Childhood

When his father dies and his mother and sister move to Houston, Horace Robedaux is left behind in Harrison, Texas with his feuding relatives, the Robedauxs and the Thorntons

Act Two: "Convicts"

Horace takes a job on Soll Gautier's plantation in order to earn money to buy a tombstone for his father's grave and while there witnesses the harsh treatment of Gautier's convict laborers

Act Three: "Lily Dale"

Horace makes a rare visit to Houston to see his mother, Corella, and sister, Lily Dale. As Horace's presence stirs up difficult memories for his mother and sister, Corella strives to maintain harmony between her children and their stepfather, Pete Davenport

M14,F8 (doubling) - Flexible Set

"With its tales of harsh times, social and economic change, Reconstruction, education, and industry in small-town America, The Story of a Childhood heralds the beginning of something extraordinary. And you'll be waiting with baited breath for Foote's next chapter" ~ Entertainment Weekly

"There is so much life compressed here - greed, disease, murder, cruelty to children, the bitter legacy of slavery and a sad, ambivalent hero-Horace Robedaux, alienated observer of a family that abandoned him ... Foote's understated epic is an authentic American classic about the birth pangs of the twentieth century. It's told with humor, deep sadness and great writerly craft. I can't wait to see what happens next" ~ Time Out NY

For the other two parts of The Orphans Home Cycle trilogy, click here