Havurah co-sponsors Jewish Theatre Collaborative presentation of “Kindertransport”
February 24, 2010
Havurah Shalom is pleased to co-sponsor this event:
Jewish Theatre Collaborative partners with Oregon Holocaust Resource Center and the Oregon Area Jewish Committee to present Kindertransport 2010.
Performances February 25-March 21, Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM, Sundays @ 2 pm
Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 Southwest Morrison Street, Portland, OR 97205
Through the play, Kindertransport and planned satellite programming, we can bring community together to examine the historical implications of one girl’s story to reflect on the universals that are playing themselves out on contemporary battlefields.
Kindertransport, by Diane Samuels weaves story of 3 generations of women whose lives are intertwined when 9 year old Eva is sent from Germany to Manchester in 1938. Set in attic of middle aged Evelyn, looking for items for daughter’s apartment, boxes are unpacked, and traumatic memories penetrate her present. Her daughter discovers that her obsessive compulsive and occasionally seemingly PTSD British mother Evelyn was German girl Eva.
For JTC, producing this play is anchored in the moral imperative of the Holocaust Never Again; to draw lessons from the Holocaust and broaden the scope of the conversation from the historical to the present.
Nightly talk backs are planned and audiences will be invited to share their experiences of the play and the experiences they bring to the play. Special guests will participate to broaden the scope of the discussion. Among those on board to join us for talk backs are Holocaust Survivors from OHRC’s Speaker’s Bureau, social worker and academic SAMUEL GIORI, psychologist and academic DR. AART LOVENSTEIN, refugee from Chad and Director of IRCO’s Africa House, DJIMET DOGO and KAYSE JAMA, Somali refugee and Director of the Center for Intercultural Organizing. These conversations build bridges of understanding in the community.
To further its mission, JTC plans free to the public satellite programming. On March 1st, DR. NATAN MEIR will present a lecture on the Vibrant and Diverse Jewish Life of Pre War Europe and the remnants that remained after the war. March 8th, JTC will host The Beirut Wedding World Theatre Project, who will present a reading of Honey Brown Eyes by Stefanie Zadravec about the ethnic violence in Bosnia. And finally, Base Roots , a local African American Theatre Company will present a staged reading of Winter Miller’s In Darfur on March 15th.
Throughout the run of the production, Friderike Heuer’s art exhibit Fugue: Exile, Emigration and Displacement will be showcased at the theatre.
Tickets available @ Jewish Theater Collaborative and 503-512-9582.
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