The Michaels: A Family at Home and Abroad: Two Plays

By Richard Nelson

A double volume that features the final installments from Tony Award-winning playwright and director Richard Nelson's critically acclaimed Rhinebeck Panorama.

Begun over twelve years ago, each play in Nelson's intricate and moving play cycle captures a snapshot in the lives of three families from a small upstate New York village: the Apple family, the Gabriels, and now the Michaels--a family with deep roots in the world of modern dance.

The first play in this collection, The Michaels: Conversations During Difficult Times, takes place in the kitchen of Rose Michael, a celebrated choreographer. A meal is prepared, modern dances are rehearsed, and dinner is eaten--all amidst conversations about art, death, family, politics, and the state of America.

What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad brings the cycle to a close as the Michaels find themselves in Angers, France, in September 2021. They are attending a student dance festival and crawling out from under a deadly pandemic, which turned life as they knew it upside down.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636702627
• ISBN13: 9781636702629
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"