PICplays Event I: Unionism In America
Channel: Actors Circle Ensemble
Date: 03/06/2020

The labor movement has all but had its death knell in America over the last thirty years. It's not a coincidence that with the dissolving of unions, the middle-class has shrunk as the average American worker take home pay and benefits diminish.

On June 6 at 8:00pm EST, Actors Circle Ensemble's New Works program: PICplays presents three extraordinary short plays via Zoom that explore the contemporary issue of Unionism In America. From Amazon employees preparing the dangerous tactic of a sit-down strike, to board members of a corporation conspiring to break the backs of its labor force through intimidation, racism, and the threat of exporting work abroad, to ending on the hypocrisy of an individual, who talks a good game, but when it comes down to it--won't support her fellow workers.

The evening will conclude with a lecture and Q&A by acclaimed labor historian and professor: Erik Loomis, Ph.D, author of A History of America in 10 Strikes (The New Press).

ROSTER OF CREATIVES

Playwrights
Casey J. Adler, Caleb John Cushing, Oren Peleg

Directors
Victoria Nilsson, Richard Israel, Joshua Ster

Actors
Yetta Gottesman, Sondra Currie, Lucas Dixon, Marc Ginsburg, Bruce Ladd, Michael Worden, Nathan Krasner, Maya Butler, Brittaney Chatman