Nationalistic rhetoric notwithstanding, the United States has always possessed a conflicted view of immigration, advertising a land of opportunity, but limited to those ethnicities deemed worthy of the dream. Even though our immigration history is marred by exclusionary policies and practices, scores of refugees did seek and find a new life on American shores. No period embodies our immigration legacy better than 1892 to 1954, a time span in which millions of newcomers arrived via Ellis Island. To explore the hopes and fears that compelled these immigrants to leave their homelands for the perilous journey to a strange new world, Theater Latte Da's artistic director, Peter Rothstein, has collaborated with celebrated writer and musician Dan Chouinard on the... More >>>