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Free as a Bird
Author(s): Lawrence Aronovitch
A 90-year-old man becomes "free as a bird," fulfilling his lifelong dream of skydiving as he reflects on losing his family in the Holocaust and surviving Dachau.
Format: Short play
Cast Size: 2F/1M
Running Time: 10 minutes
Character breakdown:
MORDECAI, an elderly man.
ELENA, his wife.
MAMA, his mother.
ELENA, his wife.
MAMA, his mother.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
National Theatre School Festival, Stratford, Ontario, 2019.
National Theatre School Festival, Stratford, Ontario, 2019.
Nationality of Author: Canadian
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Hiding | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | European Jewry Before the Holocaust
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.