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

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