Songs and sketches from Terezin from the anthology of rediscovered scripts, Performing Captivity, Performing Escape: Cabarets and Plays from the Terezin/Theresienstadt Ghetto, published in 2014 (Czech- and German-language edition 2008) authored by Dr. Lisa Peschel. Full of satire, bitter humor, and hope, these pieces demonstrate how art became a vital survival technique for the inmates. Performed in English, Czech, German, and Hebrew.

This performance commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.  It is part of the Remembrance Readings program of National Jewish Theater Foundation—Holocaust Theater International Initiative.

Conceived by: Edward Einhorn. Developed and directed by: Edward Einhorn and Jenny Lee Mitchell. Performed by: Craig Anderson, Seth Gilman, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Katarina Vizina. Musical direction and piano accompaniment: Maria Dessena. Violin: Tiffaney Lane.

Original work written by Armin Berg, Robert Dauber, Sergei Dreznin, Grigory Flidlider, Hans Hofer, Vitezslav “Pidla” Horpatzky, Jaroslav Jezek, Gideon Klein, Frantisek Kowanitz, Josepf Lustig, Feliz Porges, Frida Rosenthal, Leo Strauss, Myra Strauss-Gruhenberg, Karel Svenk, Victor Ullman, and Ilse Weber.

The performance will be followed by a discussion with Ukranian performer Anna Zinenko about performing during times of war and hardship.

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Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $25. RSVP is required.

The program is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, with support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.

The event is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.