CITYSPEAKS: FINDING HOME WITH JFCS PITTSBURGHBy Clare Drobot (Director of New Play Development) City Theatre, located on Pittsburgh’s South Side is currently producing the world premiere of Cori Thomas’ play Citizens Marketdirected by Reginald L. Douglas. The play follows five workers in a small neighborhood grocery store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and launches with the interview of Akosua, newly arrived from Ghana and looking to find her footing. At its core, Citizens Market is about discovering one’s voice in a new home. As we meet the employees of Super Union, we gradually learn about the other character’s individual journeys to America. |
Read the rest of the City Theatre blog post, including an interview with a JFCS client on coming to America.