"Waiting for Lefty"

"Waiting for Lefty": Clifford Odets' Acclaimed Drama in a Vintage Car Shop

A successor to Eugene O'Neill and an inspiration to American playwrights from Arthur Miller to David Mamet and beyond, Clifford Odets' influential and socially relevant drama "Waiting for Lefty" follows a group of cab drivers driven to the brink of a strike. First produced in 1935, this blistering play offers a series of Depression-era vignettes as the cabbies wait for their union leader, sharing their individual stories that detail everything from a desperate couple who can't feed their children, to a doctor facing anti-Semitism and more. Meanwhile, a company spy is revealed, and the workers' shared frustrations lead them to take action. Catch this Ubuntu Theatre Project production at the unique venue Classic Cars West, a vintage car shop in Oakland.