From Chris Anderson (Playwright/Songwriter):
I became fascinated with Frances Perkins … once I heard about her! 
How could Miss Perkins have NOT been mentioned AT ALL during my public or higher education experiences? What a remarkable, brilliant and dedicated human being she was!
Several years ago I was asked to write a play about Miss Perkins, after mentioning that I’d love to see a show about her. My first version of what is now Steadfast was presented as a staged reading with music for Women’s History Month. This show has been through numerous names and rewrites since that time – now it is finally something I like and that’s I’d love to see fully staged!
I’ve read books, reports, studies, sermons and historical news articles about Frances Perkins. The more I find out about her, the more I want to know. I traveled to the New York State Capitol building in Albany to get a feel for her world when Al Smith was governor. She visited Hyde Park when FDR was president and she was the Secretary of Labor… so I went there, too. Her work changed the course of history for all Americans, and I wonder… how she could have done so much important work under such difficult circumstances? Steadfast – The Reformation of Miss Frances Perkins is my attempt to answer that question – how did she do it?