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The Built America: Workers of the Erie Canal
April 1, 2017 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
They Built America is the third original play in a series highlighting the role of upstate New York in forging the history of America. The play tells the story of a young Irish immigrant named Kelly McPherson, a teenage girl who disguises herself as a boy to work on the Erie Canal. Sourced from more than 35 historical records, the characters in the play are based on real men, women and children—politicians, farmers, merchants and laborers, who came north to build the Erie Canal, the miraculous waterway that transformed America into a great nation, and made New York the Empire State.
This program is best suited to ages 8 and up. It is presented by Capital Repertory Theater.
Free Admission, sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts.
