Director Robert Adetuyi discusses his period-piece musical based on a true story, "Stand!" with Jan Price! “Stand!” is about Stefan and his father, Mike, who, in 1919, leave their family in Ukraine, fleeing for the New World, where they struggle to earn enough to return home. Stefan is instantly smitten with his Jewish suffragette neighbor, Rebecca, but Rebecca’s brother Moishe and Mike oppose the would-be Romeo and Juliet. Returned soldiers, angry at the lack of post-war jobs, violently threaten the city’s immigrants, including Emma, the refugee from racial strife in Oklahoma. When a movement develops for workers to leave their jobs in protest, A.J. Anderson, a wealthy lawyer, pits all against each other - leading to a dramatic and inspirational final stand. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.