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DESCRIPTION:A SHIRTWAIST TALE\nAn Original Play in Three Acts\nPresented, Written, and 
 Directed by Judith Offer\n\nAmerican labor history, American women’s 
 suffrage, and American Jewish history all come alive on the stage of 
 Humanist Hall for three weeks in October.  This artful piece of history and 
 theater is written and directed by the brilliant creative artist, local 
 playwright and poet, Judith Offer.  Her Shirtwaist Tale  is rich, 
 entrancing, funny, and poignant enough to take off across America.  She 
 collaborated with Arkadi Serper to make the music for the play and wrote 
 the words to Arkadi's wonderful music.  The result is a vibrant musical set 
 in 1909 in Lower East Side, New York City.  It portrays a strike of 30,000 
 shirtwaist (blouse) makers, mostly women, ages 16-24.  Because about 90% of 
 these strikers were Yiddish-speaking Jews, Judith and Arkadi decided to use 
 “klezmer”-style music, the music brought from Eastern European towns to 
 New York City.  Judith became a devotee and, inadvertently, a spokesperson 
 for “The 30,000” when she read of their momentous accomplishment, which 
 she mirrors in her libretto for the play.  The main characters of her play, 
 Sadie and Dvorah, are compilations from the accounts she read of 
 strikers’ experiences, but two other characters are based on specific 
 individuals:  Alva Belmont, the richest woman in New York City and a 
 suffragist; and Rose Schneiderman, a strike organizer and later close 
 friend of Eleanor Roosevelt.  Of particular interest in this play is the 
 counterpoint of capitalism and socialism developed in dialogue and played 
 out in action.  Don't miss this rare opportunity to enjoy real live 
 original musical theater, well conceived, beautifully composed, movingly 
 written, intellectually inviting, and expertly produced by a local 
 playwright!\n \n$20 donations are accepted\n\n \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/10/18453310.php
SUMMARY:A Shirtwaist Tale
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway, below Pill Hill\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/10/18453310.php
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