THE WEAVERS SONG: Wasn't That A Time

Two founding members of The Weavers singing quartet, specifically Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, were interviewed by the Senate committee investigating potential Communists in this country. In this scene, actual testimony is intercut with a performance of a song "Wasn't That a Time" which the investigators (ridiculously) thought demonstrated anti-American sentiments. Shawn P. Rohlf, Kat Fitzpatrick, Kent Brisby, and Steve Denyes (left-to-right) perform excerpt from a workshop staging of THE WEAVERS SONG, adapted by KL Brisby.

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Entertainment

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• KL Brisby
• Lee Hays
• Shawn P. Rohlf
• Steve Denyes
• Kat Fitzpatrick

[allenshepard]

is that suppost to be ronnie? lol i doubt she wouls have been that quiet

[klbrisby]

Ronnie was the only one who didn't actually get called into the Senate or House hearings. (Maybe they knew better.) The other text is all from the hearing transcripts.

[allenshepard]

yeah i know but arent these ppl suppost to be playing the weavers? i was assuming that woman was playing ronnie ....also i dont think fred

was called either