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  • 1.  Holocaust memorial

    Posted 01-31-2015 09:43
    I am looking to do a dramatic reading with a few students for a holocaust Memorial Day observation. Any ideas other than Anne Frank, Butterfly, or And Then They Came For Me? ------------------------------ Holly Budney Teacher High School Drama William Latson Boca Raton FL ------------------------------


  • 2.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-01-2015 10:15
    And a Child Shall Lead, by Michael Slade. It is based on the story of Terezin like Butterfly, but different. ------------------------------ Sean Blauvelt San Luis Obispo CA ------------------------------
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  • 3.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-01-2015 10:37

    There's a wonderful play called "The Book of Ruth."  It centers on a girl, Ruth, and her grandmother in Terezin. They get through the daily struggles by pretending to cook traditional recipes handed down through the generations.  There is also a series of wonderful scenes where an older male character trades Hebrew Lessons for food.  Its theme is how, through the process of teaching, both the students and the teachers find the strength to face life's horrors.

    The total cast is 2 women, 3 men with another character that can be male or female.  Several regional theatres have produced it, including the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.

    I shortened it and took it to competition several years ago and did well with it.

     Break a leg.

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    Josh Ruben
    Fine Arts Head, Northwest Whitfield
    Chattanooga TN
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  • 4.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-01-2015 16:43
    Take a look at Arthur Miller's Playing For Time. 

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    Krista Carson Elhai
    California
    Claremont CA
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  • 5.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-02-2015 10:36
    I like Irena's Vow or Korzacks Children

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ
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  • 6.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-05-2015 08:28
    We performed this show a number of years ago.  Fantastic piece!

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    [William] [Myatt] [Drama Director]

    [Pleasant Valley High School]

    [myattw@pleasval.k12.ia.us][563-332-5151][Bettendorf][IA][USA]
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  • 7.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-02-2015 13:48

    Have you looked at Fast Foward:  Growing Up in Nazi Germany - Playscripts carries it. 


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    Carolyn Greer
    Owensboro KY
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  • 8.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-02-2015 14:14
    I agree with Face Forward: Growing Up In Nazi Germany. I'd forgotten about that one. We did it several years ago and it was well received

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ
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  • 9.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-03-2015 21:31
    THE INVESTIGATION has some incredibly powerful monologues in it.

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    Marilynn Zeljeznjak
    Blacksburg VA
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  • 10.  RE: Holocaust memorial

    Posted 02-04-2015 12:22
    Playing for Time-Arthur Miller.  It's about the women who survived because they played in an orchestra for  the Germans.  It is based on the memoirs of Fania Fenelon

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    Mary McVerry
    Drama Director
    Torrington Board of Education
    Torrington CT
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