Ellis Island Ahead!
By Nora Louise Syran
Ellis Island Ahead! is a one-act play that needs 10 performers (5 women, 5 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 10 performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 5 men
- Cast notes
- Ensemble of 10 (5 m, 5 w), 40+ roles with no doubling
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
On the eve of the 1954 closing of Ellis Island, two teenagers, an Italian-American and an Irish-American, sneak inside the main building to see it for themselves. They meet an older man, now a janitor after serving as an inspector on the island since the early 1900s. The teens are drawn into his stories from the past and his memories come alive with an ensemble of people from all nationalities and backgrounds. Some of the immigrants are already famous, some will become famous and many, many othe
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