Awake and Sing! June 4, 2008

Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, 'Awake and Sing!' offers a turbulent and compelling drama of the Berger family, a lower middle-class Jewish immigrant family of three generations living in an overstuffed Bronx apartment. The Berger family's struggle to stay afloat in the 1930s stirs battles of despair, dreams, disappointments, hopes and fears. First produced in 1935 in New York City, 'Awake and Sing!' captures the sould of every human being's aspiration for a better life.