Act I begins shortly after Frank has entered a nursing home. Then through a series of scenes and conversations which are flashbacks to before Randy’s mother, Ruth, died, to when Randy was in college, to Randy’s early childhood, and including an actual knockdown, drag-out fight at the end of Act I, Frank and Randy confront the past, how irritable and angry they are with each other and how much they love each other.
Act II begins with Randy’s visit to meet his father’s new bride, Ivy. The remainder of Act II takes place in a nursing home.
A SONG FOR MY FATHER is about growing old and dying, Frank’s loneliness and Randy’s guilt. It’s about men and women, the meaning of marriage, class-consciousness in America and memory.
A SONG FOR MY FATHER is about a father and son and about the attachments and conflicts between them and how time and education separate them.
Running time for A SONG FOR MY FATHER is about 50 minutes for Act I and about 45 minutes for Act II.
- Brent Hallenbeck, The Burlington (VT) Free Press, April 24, 2010
- Jim Lowe, The Sunday Barre (VT) Times Argus/Rutland (VT) Herald, April 25, 2010
- David K.Rodgers, The Hardwick (VT) Gazette, April 28, 2010
- Bethany Dunbar, The Chronicle (Barton, VT), April 28, 2010
- Biddle Duke, Stowe (VT) Reporter, May 6, 2010
- Charlie McMeekin, The Herald of Randolph (VT), April 29, 2010
- Tom Mulholland, The Bridge (Montpelier, VT), May 6, 2010
- Peter Miller
- Nick DeFriez
- Amy Rahn
- Marion Stegner
- Stephanie Herrick
- Caro Thompson
- Linda Radtke
- Zelda Alpern
- Robert Barasch
- Jack Bremer
- Keith Alan Deutsch
- Rob Faivre
- Ginny McGrath
- Bill Blachly