Dr. Peter Safar (Ryan Warsing) introduces Dr. Nancy Caroline (Anne Rematt) to the Freedom House paramedics and dispatchers. Credit all Photos: Brandon Pierce On the heels of a highly successful run of Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance that just closed on February 1 at the New Hazlett Theater, playwright L.E. McCullough takes a look back on his play that focuses on one of Pittsburgh’s many first accomplishments. Before the Freedom House Ambulance Service cane into being in 1967, street and home side medical care was often sketchy and inadequate. Many times, stricken people in desperate need for medical aid had to rely on the police, firefighters and poorly trained workers for care that often required an immediate profession response to have an effective and successful outcome, Time ...
Hear Rob Frankenberry and Desiree Soteres on WQED Tomorrow, February 2 at 1:30 pm talking about I Hear America Singing
I Hear America Singing Film Premiere February 10 at 7:00 p.m. The Oaks Theater 310 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139 Please plan to stay after the screening for a live Q&A with Daron Hagen, Robert Frankenberry, Desiree Soteres, and Christopher Scott. We look forward to sharing this special evening with you. Synopsis A documentary film crew dogs Broadway composer Robbie Doerfler’s final days as he and his friends Roger and Rose prepare for a critical backers’ audition. Robbie’s world unravels as he compulsively recontextualizes musical and narrative tropes to make sense of his life. Blending operatic and filmic conventions, music history, fantasy, and documentary, the fictional operafilm explores through song themes of creativity, identity, and mortality, culminating in a poignant and thought-provoking question: “Where do we go when we go up — is it Heaven?” Director's Statement “Together, we've created something new here that combines the emotional...