Subversive Theatre Presents Drop Hammer by Manny Fried
The collective announces its upcoming production of the hard-hitting blue-collar drama, Drop Hammer by Emanuel Fried, November 13th through December 14th.
Set in a working class bar on Buffalo’s East Side in the late 1950s, DROP HAMMER speaks unflinching to issues that have plagued working people and their Unions for far too long – corruption, blacklists, red-baiting, the flight of industry to non-Union areas, and much, much more. DROP HAMMER offers a vibrant look back on Buffalo’s working class history with many lessons that are all too relevant to Unions and working people today.
Directed by Subversive Theatre’s Founder & Artistic Director Kurt Schneiderman, DROP HAMMER features the acting talents of Victor Morales, Tim Eimiller, and Dave Hoffman heading up an extensive cast, including Leon S. Copeland, Jr., Betsy Bittar, Daniel Sterlace, Amanda McCormick, Jack Agugliaro, Marshall Maxwell, Tom Izard, Anthony Giambrone, Guy DeFedericis, Kevin Dennis, Anthony Tyrpak, Robert Hodas, and Brian Zybala. Set and Lighting Design is by Dyan O’Connell with Sound Design by John Shotwell, Costume Design by Paul Stephenson, and Movement Choreography by Candice Kogut.
Nov 13th - Dec 14th
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM
Sundays at 6PM
None 11/27 and 12/7
Subversive Theatre
Manny Fried Playhouse
Great Arrow Building (3rd floor)
255 Great Arrow Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14207
Donation
716.408.0499
www.subversivetheatre.org
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BuffaloBloviator
Now that the country has voted in a mandate for socialist ideals, will Manny have to begin advocating conservative causes in order to maintain his status as a subversive?
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pegger
I regret that I will be out of town. I would really love to see through the window of an era so quintessentially Buffalo in the 1950's when there were all these little "gin mills" on seemingly every block evertwhere in Buffalo. How often we read about the powerful unions in Buffalo ruining everything in the comments section of BR. They are nothing today as you compare their power and influence back in the day. If you were a blue collar worker then, you most likely belonged to a union. That is when they had real power. That is when they were very corrupt as well.
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