by Vincent Sessa

directed by Al D'Andrea

production stage manager Jessica Libby

March 2013

Ludcke Auditorium at UNE

A New England premiere production

Several generations from an Italian-American family in New York struggle with events that reverberate through the ages.  We encounter three sisters in war-torn 1944, a mother and her daughters in chaotic 1975, and a grandmother and her granddaughters in disorienting 1995.  Can innocence and joy survive in a cruel, violent, seemingly evil world?

Laura Houck

Elizabeth Lardie

Kathryn Perry

"As delicate and nuanced a drama as you'll find, its three actresses telling a sublime intergenerational tale beautifully...It's a lovely portrait of how ordinary lives can be defined by a few pivotal moments, of how the world's great events can have a profound impact at a very small, personal level."  |  New  York Times

Snowlion Rep on Mind Your Own Business  |  WLOB Radio

“Another wonderful example of high quality theater right here within the city limits...Great writing, with great interpretation is a performance not to be missed.”  |  Portland Sun

“The bonds and impasses of these women are wonderfully subtle, with great variation in range and tone, and their fraught familial dynamics are utterly convincing.”  |  Portland Phoenix

“A Child’s Guide to Innocence...offers some interesting and moving variations in the category (of family drama) and is well worth a visit...some may find a tear in their eye after seeing this touching play that seeks to find the good in people.”  |  Portland Press Herald