Are We American? The Tipperary Coal Miners Musical at the Foundry Theater

Get Tickets Season Ticket Packages Are We American? The Tipperary Coal Miners Musical Set in a 1920s Tipperary, Iowa coal mining camp, Are We American? Weaves together European immigrant voices into one unforgettable story. Together they face the daily dangers of mine work, stand shoulder to shoulder in union strikes for safer conditions, live through Prohibition, and hold fast to old country traditions even as they embrace new ones - all while asking the timeless question of what it truly means to belong in America. At the heart, it's a story about love and the pursuit of happiness - for family, community, and a hard-won sense of home. Brought to life by a cast of local actors and an 11-piece pit band, it's a night of theater that will move you, make you laugh, and leave you thinking about the families sitting right beside you. It feels urgent, personal, and startlingly relevant today. At 95, Marguerite "Maggie" Delpierre Heston is making theater history with her first-ever musical. The work is inspired by the collective stories her parents, grandparents, and neighbors told - including how her French father and Croatian mother met and fell in love in the real Tipperary mining camp. It is composed and orchestrated by Caryn Diamond and co-directed by Melissa Heston and Magnolia Cooper. Don't miss this rare, once-in-a-lifetime premiere - five performances only! October 22-25, 2026 - Thursday, Friday & Saturday 7:30pm; Saturday & Sunday 2:00pmThe Fo