Performance Location: New Hazlett Center for Performing Arts
6 Allegheny Square E., Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Performance times are at 7:30 on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2:30 on Sundays

Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance

Written by L.E. McCullough
Directed by Scott P. Calhoon

Witness the 1967 creation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District of Freedom House Ambulance Service – America’s first mobile Emergency Medical Unit.

January 23 – February 1, 2026

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Run time is approximately 2 hours including one 15-minute intermission.

Friday, January 23rd is Preview with Pay What You Can
Saturday, January 24th is Opening Night with our Post-Show Discussion

Sponsored in part by

Freedom House Plaque

Freedom House Plaque in the Hill District

Freedom House Ambulance
1967-1975
Pittsburgh's E.M.S. Pioneers

Inscription. Never to be forgotten.... This plaque honors the visionaries of the Hill District's Freedom House Ambulance Service - founders, staff, medical advisors, funders, and supporters--for their significant contributions to emergency medical services education. The men and women set the national standards for pre-hospital emergency care. Erected 2014 by The Hill House, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Falk Foundation, and State Rep. Jake Wheatley.

Freedom House Plaque Marker The Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Middle Hill. It can be reached from Centre Avenue 0.1 miles east of Develliers Street. Marker is mounted on the face of the Hill District Credit Union office on Center Avenue, in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsburgh PA 15219, United States of America.

More Information

Freedom House Museum
https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/service/freedomhousepa/

Freedom House Ambulance Service (1967-1975) - History
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/freedom-house-ambulance-service-1967-1975/

Founded in 1967 by the Pittsburgh civil rights organization Freedom House, which offered job training and assistance to Black Pittsburghers
https://teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/freedom-house-ambulance-service-a-legacy-of-life-saving-care/

Pictures of Freedom House ambulance service
Link

The Story of Freedom House - Video (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/QpF2ZvaawBg

Freedom House - Street Saviors
https://www.freedomhousedoc.com/gallery.html

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics novel by by Kevin Hazzard

Information on playwright L.E. McCullough
https://lemccullough.wordpress.com/ | https://tune.supply/musicians-2/lawrence-mccullough