The Interview: A Franco-American Play in One Act

by Suzanne R. Roy

A significant number of people in the Northeastern United States are second-, third-, and fourth-generation descendants of French Canadian immigrants who were lured from their farms in Quebec province from the mid-19th century through the first decades of the 20th century to work in the mill towns of New England. Although most of these descendants no longer speak French, many still identify themselves as “Franco-Americans” and struggle to recognize and understand the traditions and heritage that shaped the lives of their grandparents and great-grandparents and that continue to exert an influence over their own attitudes and beliefs. “The Interview” explores the generational differences between a Franco-American teenager and the 97-year-old French Canadian immigrant woman she’s been assigned to interview for a school project.

62 pages, Paperback

First published April 29, 2014