About the show Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes appears headed for nomination as U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals an unreturned jury-duty notice and her remarks about her homemaker mother trigger media scrutiny. Her friend Judith Kaufman, a physician, supports her while facing troubles of her own.
Sources: Wikipedia page identity · Wikipedia source revision · BroadwayLeagueIBDB originalAnAmericanDaughterworkrecord · Contemporary Daniel Sullivan interview, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1996
Wikipedia source revision : Wikipedia contributors, An American Daughter; revision 1376163234. History: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An%20American%20Daughter&action=history ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Synopsis paraphrased during individual-page model review. Catalog year basis: 1997 exact: the first documented full stage production, Lincoln Center’s production at the Cort Theatre, opened on 13 April 1997, with previews also in 1997, as confirmed by Broadway League’s IBDB. The 1996 Seattle workshop readings and 1995 initial reading are development events.
BroadwayLeagueIBDB originalAnAmericanDaughterworkrecord : Original Lincoln Center Broadway production, 13 April–29 June 1997.
Contemporary Daniel Sullivan interview, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1996 : Sullivan describes the June 1996 presentations as developmental readings.