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Coming To America – An Immigrant Cabaret on Sept. 16 from 6-8 PM

Written by Katja Sipple on .

Celebrate America250 at the German-American Heritage Museum with an Exclusive Preview of ExPat Theatre’s New Fall Show

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Coming To America – An Immigrant Cabaret
Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 6-8 PM

America is a mosaic of arrival stories, and to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we are bringing four of them to the stage. This musical cabaret follows four immigrants from various global backgrounds (Germany, India, Peru, and Senegal) as they navigate the “obstacle race” of integration—confronting systemic complexities, culture clashes, and the contradictions of their new home. Through song, storytelling, humor, and sharp satire, we celebrate and dramatize these unique chronicles that reflect the breadth of U.S. culture and its ever-changing relationship to the world.

 

Co-written by Karin Rosnizeck, Erick Acuña, Vidyuth Sreenivasan, and Jacqueline Youm. This is an exclusive preview and an opportunity to meet the artists, enjoy a glass of wine and light refreshments.

Please note that the event is limited to a maximum of 50 people.
You must be 18 years or older to attend this performance.

Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Location:
German-American Heritage Museum
719 6th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

 

 

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Online Lecture: Historic Germanna, Virginia’s First German Settlement

Written by Katja Sipple on .

Join us for a virtual lecture on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 6 pm ET with Historic Germanna’s executive director Jennifer Hurst-Wender to learn about the fascinating story of one of Virginia’s early settlements.

Virginia is not only one of the original 13 colonies, it’s also home to the very first permanent English settlement in the New World. After the founding of Jamestown in 1607, the colony continued to expand, eventually becoming the wealthiest and most populated, and a move to make the town of Williamsburg the new capital in 1699. Much of the colony’s economic success derived from agriculture and especially tobacco production, but mining also played a role in Virginia’s economy. Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood actively recruited experienced miners from the Holy Roman Empire to come to Virginia and establish a mining industry. Spotswood had been granted 86,000 acres in Spotsylvania County, and his German miners settled in two waves, first in 1714 and again in 1717. The name “Germanna”, which was selected by Spotswood, was a reflection of the German immigrants who sailed across the Atlantic and the British Queen Anne who was in power at the time of the first settlement at Germanna.

Please use the form below to sign up for this excursion into Virginia’s colonial history, the lives of these early immigrants from the Siegerland, the Palatinate, Baden and Württemberg along with their ongoing influence today. Many of these families intermarried for generations, and produced a rich genealogical heritage.

This lecture is part of our special America250 program series. Please use the form below to sign up.

 

Virtual Germanna Lecture Registration, June 24, 2026 at 6 PM ET

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