The Immigrant
by Mark Harelik, conceived by Mark Harelik and Randal Myler

Name: The Immigrant
Brand: Mark Harelik, conceived by Mark Harelik and Randal Myler
SKU: 9780881456769
Rating: 4.8 (9 reviews)

The Immigrant Book Cover — The Immigrant Cover

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120 mins

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the unique and engaging story about immigration that is often overlooked. Many find the themes of humanity, family, and the commonalities between differences to be particularly resonant and timely. Overall, the play has garnered high praise for its emotional depth and relatability.

Engaging story about immigrationResonant themes of humanityTimely and thought-provokingNot widely known subject matter

Synopsis

Rural Central Texas, 1909. A young Russian-Jewish immigrant, newly arrived in America through the port of Galveston, pulls his banana cart into the hamlet of Hamilton.

Fleeing the vicious pogroms of his homeland, he has sought refuge in the land of the free.

Able to speak only Yiddish, alone in the midst of a staunchly Christian community, he begs for shelter.

Over the next 30 years, he makes a home and raises a family in this tiny town.

THE IMMIGRANT is the story of a young Russian-Jewish couple and the local couple that take them in, as religion meets religion, culture meets culture, fear meets fear, and love meets love.

This is the true story of Haskell Harelik, “the Immigrant.”“THE IMMIGRANT received a well-deserved standing ovation on opening night at the Mark Taper Forum … superb.”

—Pros, Variety“A lovely and loving evening of theater.

Harelik’s story is tender and touching” —Ed Kaufman, Hollywood Reporter“A funny new play … The scenes evoke the rural era with the firm-handed clarity of a Jewish Horton Foote … they glow.”

—Linda Winer, U S A Today