At a time when approval of unions is at its highest in decades, Quintessence Theatre Group’s production of 'Waiting for Lefty,' couldn’t be more on target, JaneVonBergen writes.
At a time when approval of unions is at its highest in decades and amid high-profile union organizing campaigns at warehouses and coffee shops, Quintessence Theatre Group’s production of, the 1935 play by Philadelphia-born playwright Clifford Odets, couldn’t be more on target.
“It’s the same struggle,” said Haden, a member of Actors’ Equity Association, along with some cast members.takes place at a meeting of city cabdrivers where they are trying to decide whether to go on strike.“There will be ways in which the actors will interface with the audience,” Haden said. “We’re casting the audience as part of the cabdriver meeting. The intent is to make you feel you are part of the cabbies, and you have to decide whether to join the strike.
Will the strike help or harm? Who will be helped? Who will be harmed? Who has something to prove? Who is playing both sides?in the aftermath of the 1934 taxi strike, Haden and the cast of 10 were rehearsingin Philadelphia as New York taxi and Uber drivers struck earlier this month over a pay dispute.
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