The Children’s Republic

Dr. Janusz Korczak is protecting Polish-Jewish children in a Warsaw orphanage: a violin prodigy, a troublemaker, a young girl abandoned by her mother, and a malnourished boy all struggle to survive. Even with the known end looming, we are engaged in the everyday details of keeping the children alive.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:3M/4F

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto, November 2011.
Nationality of Author: Canadian
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: The Ghettos | Resistance

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