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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBIN SUE MARCATO MAY 15, 2001 212-431-0233 X236 OR BENJAMIN TRIMMIER 212-431-0233 X228 THE LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM AND THE IMMIGRANT THEATRE PROJECT PRESENT “AMERICAN DREAMS” Opening Thursday, June 7th, 2001 at 8PM The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is proud to join the Immigrant Theatre Project in presenting the third annual AMERICAN DREAMS: PLAYS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY AND THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. Opening on Thursday evening June 7th, the Immigrant Theatre Project will present 10 weeks of performances in the Tenement Theatre. June 7th RETURNER Written by Stephen F. Kelleher Directed by Heather Ondersma Set in the not too distant future, a powerful New York family tries to illegally smuggle its undocumented, pregnant housekeeper across the border back to Mexico. June 14th THE SERPENT Written by Nelson Rodrigues Translated and Directed by Natalia de Campos Love, taboos and the relationship of two sisters pushed to the boundaries of absurdity. The first reading of an English translation of the acclaimed Brazilian playwright. June 21st LULU LOLO TAKES HER HAT OFF TO THE FAIR SEX--UNFAIR VICTIMS Written & performed by LuLu LoLo The stories of a murdered prostitute, a seamstress in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and a woman disguised as a Civil War Soldier are brought to life. June 28th INDELIBLE Written & performed by Florence Yoo with guest artists Julia Cho, bass; Kerry Da Silva, viola; Jennifer Estaris, flute; and Mas Yamagata, drums. This new musical chronicles the wild adventures of Florence Yoo as she treks across the U.S. pursuing rock stardom and contemplating her Midwestern Korean roots. July 5th WANDA & ME Written & directed by Theresa Linnihan After 60 years in the US, a Swedish woman learns to feel at home with some help from her Siamese cat. This interactive puppet show uses a variety of puppet styles with actors and music. Suitable for audiences aged 10 and up. July 12th THE FRENCH PLAY Written by Michael angel Johnson Directed by Suzanne Bennett Disturbing secrets mar an African-American family reunion in the seductive countryside south of France. July 19th THINGS I HAVE BELIEVED IN Written by Trisha Arlin Directed by Arthur Strimling Serial stabs at certainty, from Hebrew School to Jewish Socialist Feminism. July 26th LUCKY Written and Directed by Suzen Murakoshi A beautiful Eastern European woman and a successful American businessman cause an international incident. August 2nd LAS DOS CARAS DEL PATRONCITO (The Two Faces of the Boss) Written by Luis Valdez Directed by Alanna Maharajh The Teatro Campesino satire about how a Chicano field hand gets even with his boss during the 1965 grape boycott. Post-Performance Q&A with a representative from The United Farm Workers. August 9th LITTLE ONE, GOOD-BYE Written by Ralph Sevush Directed by Sherry Teitelbaum While making a movie of his grandmother, an actress with the Yiddish Theatre, a man awakens the spirits that haunt her. The IMMIGRANTS' THEATRE PROJECT is a Brooklyn-based professional theater company presenting new theatrical works by immigrants relating the experiences, dreams and hardships of the immigrant experience. Founded in 1988 by Marcy Arlin, the company works with professional theatre artists of over 40 nationalities and ethnic backgrounds to portray the universality of the immigrant experience: themes of adaptation, inter-generational and inter-cultural relationships, American identity, and the dreams and realities of life in a new and unfamiliar world. Also founded in 1988, the mission of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is: "to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of the variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a gateway to America.” All of the Museum’s programs are planned in keeping with this mission. The heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is its landmark tenement building; home to over 7,000 people, immigrants from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 1935. The Tenement Theatre is located in the basement of the building, which once housed John Schneider's Saloon in the 1860's, a biergarten where political debates and vaudeville shows were a regular occurrence. In addition to having been a venue for New York's Annual Fringe Festival, previous performances at the Tenement Theatre have included the Ladino Players (a group who sings in Judeo-Spanish), The Banshees (an all-female group from Ireland), Tenement Vaudeville and The Golden Door, a 1940 play about Lower East Side tenement life set against the backdrop of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. AMERICAN DREAMS: PLAYS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY AND THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE At the Tenement Theatre 97 Orchard Street Thursday evenings beginning June 7th at 8PM $6.00 admission Free for Museum Members Box Office: 97 Orchard Street at Broome Call 212/431-0233 x 440, for reservations and information INTERVIEWS AND BIOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST