Poor Little Lambs

Poor Little Lambs is a play by Paul Rudnick. It was first produced at the Theater at St. Peter's Church in the Citicorp Center in Manhattan, New York City, in 1982.^[1] The 1982 production which featured David Naughton of An American Werewolf in London fame is notable for including in its cast a number of young actors who were beginning to achieve, or later achieved, significant success in television or movies, including Kevin Bacon, Gedde Watanabe, and Bronson Pinchot.

The play is a comedy that takes place at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, during the period when Yale College was first becoming coeducated. A feminist transfer student from Vassar College named Claire Hazard wishes to join the all-male a cappella singing group called the Whiffenpoofs, who are not amenable to the idea of adding a woman to their group.

The title of the play is a reference to the lyrics of "The Whiffenpoof Song", a traditional song of Yale, which the Whiffenpoofs sing at the end of each of their performances. As of May 27, 2012, the Whiffenpoofs are still all male.^[2]

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