by Susan Bigelow and Janice L. Goldberg
available through Samuel French/Concord Theatricals: here
also a radio drama Listen Now to the Audio Play: here
Audio play: featuring Laura Gardner (ROSE), Jo Twiss (LADY), Story Moosa (PEG)
directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Set in 1938 Chicago, Rose Colored Glass takes place in the back rooms of Lady O’Riley’s Pub and Rose Fleishman’s delicatessen. Their disparate worlds, separated by much more than the alley between their kitchens, are about to collide.
Peg O’Riley, the 13-year-old granddaughter of Lady, has grown determined that these two mistrustful widows will become friends, but it is not until they become involved in the same cause that their friendship has a chance to bloom. In a series of stunning flashbacks, Peg, now older, remembers the moving story of how Lady and Rose formed a united front to fight American apathy in an attempt to bring Rose’s nephew out of Europe before the war.
Here is an interview with Jay Michaels: watch
