CMU School of Drama


Saturday, May 09, 2009

City Theatre play recounts immigrant steelworkers' struggle to adapt to life here

Post Gazette: "While paging through a book of historical South Side photographs, Eric Simonson came across an image of immigrant steelworkers learning to speak English in a YMCA basement.
Captivated by the expressions of eagerness, naivete and fear etched on the men's faces, the Academy Award-winning director began writing 'Speak American,' a play commissioned by City Theatre for the 250th anniversary of Pittsburgh's founding."

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