Friday, January 31, 7pm
At the Romanian Cultural Institute, 200 E 38th Street
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
From the book by Norman Manea
Adapted by Saviana Stanescu
Directed by Edward Einhorn
Assistant directed by Adriana Guiman
Stage managed by Berit Johnson
Featuring: Vas Eli, Grant Neale, Yelena Shmulenson, Alyssa Simon, Katarina Vizina, Max Wolkowitz, and Maxwell Zener
A workshop presentation of the first ever dramatic take on the consequential Romanian-American author’s exploration of identity, exile, memory, and the scars left by history. The production weaves together Manea’s reflections, as relevant now as ever, on his experiences as a child deported to a Nazi labor camp, his fraught relationship with his homeland under Communist rule, and the broader challenges of reconciling past and present in a world shaped by trauma.
95 minutes, followed by a discussion.