Much of the richness and vitality of the performing arts in the United States derives from creative talent originating elsewhere. This exhibition looks at how successive waves of immigration transformed the American stage, highlighting the virtuosity and resilience of a diverse group of actors, artists, and entertainers from the colonial era to the present day.
Exhibition Tours with curator Matthew Wittmann
Thursday, November 8, 12:30 PM
Monday, December 10, 5:45 PM, followed by a screening of Street Scene at the Harvard Film Archive (7:00 PM)
Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 PM
Treading the Borders: Immigration and the American Stage
Special Exhibition Tour and Film Screening
Monday, December 10
Exhibition Tour, 6:00-6:45 PM:
Much of the richness and vitality of the performing arts in the United States derives from creative talent originating elsewhere. This exhibition explores how successive waves of immigration transformed the American stage, highlighting the virtuosity and resilience of a diverse group of actors, artists, and entertainers from the colonial era to the present day.
Film Screening, 7:00 PM, Harvard Film Archive: Street Scene (1931)
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Elmer Rice, Street Scene chronicles 24 hours in a multicultural Hell's Kitchen tenement and the tragic consequences of a secret affair.
Film Screening admission (cash only): $9 regular admission, $7 non-Harvard students, Harvard faculty and staff, and seniors. Free for Harvard students.