Special Interest

Strike/Story: The Harry Bridges Play

Funded by Diane Middleton Foundation

The Project

The Harry Bridges Project – 1994

Strike/Story: The Harry Bridges Play

Susan Franklin Tanner and Rob Sullivan conducted oral history interviews with multiple longshoremen, as well as with Harry Bridges’ widow, to develop a play about Harry Bridges and the West Coast longshoremen. The play educated audiences about the history and accomplishments of Harry Bridges.

Rob Sullivan

Playwright

Heidi Helen Davis

Director

Susan Franklin Tanner

Producer

Multiple San Francisco and Los Angeles longshoremen, Noriko Nikki Sawada Bridges, David Arian

Participants

Ian Ruskin, Ellen Geer, John Randolph, William Marshall, Sumi Haru, and Louis Dezseran

Professional Actor(s)
Other Participant(s)

PERFORMANCES

Venue(s)
A filmed version of this play was shown at the Harry Bridges Institute in San Pedro and various union gatherings.

MEDIA

Scroll to Top