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Glimpse
Author(s): Holocaust Impact Theatre
Brief synopsis: A teenager, brought into a Foster family, finds a diary in his new bedroom, only to learn that it is the story of the family's grandmother during the Holocaust. Another family, in the forties, is sending their Black son to fight who befriends a Holocaust prisoner, after liberation, who is the same grandmother in later years. Highlights of this play include monologues by this Survivor and her trip to the United states after the war; peer pressure among friends in a drug abuse scene; sex trafficking; eating disorders.
Format: full length drama/TYA
Cast Size:9M, 9W
Running Time: 90 minutes
Character breakdown:
Two set of parents: one black couple
Teens: 7 males(one Hispanic two Black), 6 females
One grandmother (White/Jewish)
Social worker, pyschologist, ticket taker
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Alper JCC, Robert Russell Theater, Miami, Fl.
Alper JCC, Robert Russell Theater, Miami, Fl.
Nationality of Author:
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Ruth Gordon/Holocaust Impact Theater
Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Rescue | Concentration and Extermination Camps
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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.
Many Questions and a Few Answers
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