New York Estonian Theater

[2][3] On November 18, 1949, Visnapuu gave a speech at the New York Estonian House, and he was elected the chairman of the "theater department" of the New York Estonian Educational Society.

[4] The theater gave its first performance on April 8, 1950, with a production of August Mälk's 1932 play Vaese mehe ututall (The Poor Man's Ewe Lamb).

[4] The theater had about 50 members, and it primarily performed works by Estonians from home and abroad.

[1] The records of the theater are held by the University of Minnesota Libraries.

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