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Island of Hope is Living Voices' first family show, appropriate for audiences of all ages, and focuses on a different aspect of the American immigrant experience in the early 1900s-- the time before the arrival in America. |
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Leah is a ten year old Russian Jewish girl growing up in a shtetl in the Pale of Settlement at the turn of the 20th century, who dreams of going to school like all of her brothers. When her oldest brother deserts the Czar's army, Leah's parents reveal a plan for the whole family to escape to America. Leah and her family face a long and risky journey, through Russia to their ship in Germany, and across the Atlantic Ocean to the New York Harbor. But when Leah alone is detained at Ellis Island, she must confront her biggest obstacle yet: what if she is sent back? Experience life at Ellis Island during its busiest years, and the fears and dreams of every hopeful American immigrant. Island of Hope serves as an excellent companion piece to both The New American and Northwest Passages |
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