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Letters to Sala
by Arlene Hutton
March 10, 11 @ 7:30
March 12 @ 2:00
Letters to Sala by Arlene Hutton
Adapted from the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner
Letters to Sala is a remarkable story of a young Jewish woman’s survival during wartime Germany. In October 1940, Sala Garncarz was sixteen, the daughter of a rabbi and teacher and the youngest of eleven children in a poor family living in Sosnowiec, Poland, close to the German border. When her older sister Raizel was ordered to report to a Nazi forced labor camp, Sala volunteered to take her place. Neither she nor her family suspected that six weeks of required labor would stretch to almost five years of slavery. Through letters from family and friends that she managed to hide and keep safe, Letters to Sala tells the story of one young woman's experiences in the most inhumane and unimaginable of situations.
The play documents Sala’s experience during the Holocaust and draws from the emotional journey that began when Sala shared these letters with her daughter, Ann in 1991.
The New York Public Library’s website details much of the history of the work camps and Sala’s experiences. Photos and letters are included in this on-line collection.
http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/sala/introduction.html
Letters to Sala—CAST LIST
In New York City:
SALA GARNCARZ – Viva Freedman
ANN – Rachel Mellman
CAROLINE – Lena Banchero
ELISABETH – Taylor Navas
In Sosnowiec, in the camps, after the liberation:
YOUNG SALA – Madelyn Levine
In Sosnowiec:
CHANA, her mother - Halle Friedeberg
RAISEL, her sister – Logan Turner
BLIMA, her sister – Isabelle Metzcus
LAYA DINA, her sister – Maggie Johnson
ROZIA, her cousin – Piper Supplee
BELA – Piper Supplee
FRYMKA – Maggie Johnson
SARA – Maddie Greene
In the camps:
ALA GERTNER – Felicia Azzopardi
CHAIM KAUFMAN – Max Sigler
HARRY HAUBENSTOCK – Edward Phillips
ELFRIEDE PACHE – Maggie Johnson
HERBERT PACHE – Christopher Xue
LUCIA – Maddie Greene
GUCIA – Maddie Greene
ZUSI – Piper Supplee
RACHEL – Maggie Johnson
NAZI SOLDIERS & GUARDS, PRISONERS –
Edward Phillips, Lou Ryan, Max Sigler, Christopher Xue
After the liberation:
SIDNEY KIRSCHNER – Lou Ryan
CREW:
Stage Manager: Sam Hale
Asst. Stage Managers: Ellie Feder & Eliza van Hamel-Platerink
Sound : Peter Crosatto & Laura Ehrlich
Video Projections: Lorell Perillat
Lights: Drew Ehrlich, Stella Lorence, Julian Scigliano
Stage Crew: Ally Rosales, Courtney Rosales, Lucca Del Chiaro, Annie Johnson
Hair Style Design: Mari Pietro
Costume: Shiloh Andersson, Lola McManus
Makeup: Claire Beswick, Sydney Kaufman, Claire Yballa
Hair: Gabby Alvira, Amanda Gawad
Ushers: Jason Knowles, YuLin Zhao
Poster: Mari Pietro
Dialect Coach: Julian Scigliano
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