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In 1928 he produced an adaptation of the [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[novel]] ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]''. He was described by former Romanian Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa as being, "a devoted Communist who had a longstanding relationship with Moscow."<ref name="natreview" /> He had founded the Proletarian Theater in Berlin in 1929.<ref name="natreview" />
In 1928 he produced an adaptation of the [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[novel]] ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]''. He was described by former Romanian Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa as being, "a devoted Communist who had a longstanding relationship with Moscow."<ref name="natreview" /> He had founded the Proletarian Theater in Berlin in 1929.<ref name="natreview" />
According to Pacepa when Hitler came to power he sought political asylum in the Soviet Union.<ref name="natreview" /> In 1937, he married dancer Maria Ley in Paris. Famous German theater practitioner, and once Piscator's own [[Dramaturgy|dramaturge]], [[Bertolt Brecht]] attended their wedding.
According to Pacepa when Hitler came to power he sought [[political asylum]] in the Soviet Union.<ref name="natreview" /> In 1937, he married dancer Maria Ley in Paris. Famous German theater practitioner, and once Piscator's own [[Dramaturgy|dramaturge]], [[Bertolt Brecht]] attended their wedding.
Piscator and Ley went to the [[United States]] in 1939. He became director of the [[Dramatic Workshop]], which he founded at the [[New School University|New School for Social Research]] in [[New York City]] (1940). Among Piscator's students at the Dramatic Workshop were [[Marlon Brando]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Judith Malina]], [[Walter Matthau]], [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Tennessee Williams]].
Piscator and Ley went to the [[United States]] in 1939. He became director of the [[Dramatic Workshop]], which he founded at the [[New School University|New School for Social Research]] in [[New York City]] (1940). Among Piscator's students at the Dramatic Workshop were [[Marlon Brando]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Judith Malina]], [[Walter Matthau]], [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Tennessee Williams]].