HOLOCAUST STORIES

HOLOCAUST STORIES: ADDRESS UNKNOWN, THE JEWISH WIFE, MAGDA

THE DUKE ON 42ND STREET, NYC, 2003 & HERE THEATER, NYC, DECEMBER 1997

ADDRESS UNKNOWN

Premiere Janauary 2003
Inspired by “Address Unknown” by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Running Time: 30 minutes
2 performers: 2 men

“Address Unknown” is based on Ms. Taylor’s powerful and chilling novel. The book, which is written in letter-form, takes place from 1932-1934 and follows the relationship of a Jewish American man living in California and his German friend and business partner who recently returned to Munich. The story is about the dramatic dissolution of their friendship as the German man is swept up into Nazism. Music by Andrei Balanescu, Schubert.

THE JEWISH WIFE

Premiere December 1997
Inspired by Bertolt Brecht's play "The Jewish Wife"
Running Time: 25 minutes
2 performers: 1 man, 1 woman

Set in the late 1930's in Germany, The Jewish Wife focuses on the character Judith Keith as she prepares to leave her home and "Aryan" husband for the safety of Amsterdam. The emotional lives of the characters, their inner struggles, their marital relationship, and how they are affected by the circumstances of Nazi Germany are brought to life. Music by Chopin, Mendelsohn, Scott Johnson, Eric Liljestrand.

MAGDA

Premiere December 1997
Inspired by Cynthia Ozick's "The Shawl"
Running Time: 25 minutes
2 performers: 2 women

Magda is set during and after the Holocaust: the work centers around Rosa and her niece Stella, and how the lives of these two women are affected by the death of Rosa's child Magda in a concentration camp. Magda is about grief, loss, and how the power of memory shapes the lives of these two women in the present. Music by Arvo Part, Charles Ives, Vivaldi, Golijov.