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Magda and Josef
Adapted by David F. Eliet from Yaffa Eliach’s Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust, this is the true story of a young woman who risked her life to do the right thing when so many others were turning their backs and pretending not to see what was going on around them. Set during the Holocaust, Magda, a young non-Jewish woman, undertakes a perilous journey to secure a document that will help to save the life of the Jewish man she loves.
Format: short play/drama
Cast Size:3M/6F
Running Time: 30 minutes
Character breakdown:
Magda—18
Josef—27
Narrator/Inquisitors 1 and 2
Woman on the train
Soldier
Government man
Business man
Magda’s mother
Cashier
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Premiered at The Cleveland Play House in a production by the Cleveland Play House/Ohio University Lab Company.
Premiered at The Cleveland Play House in a production by the Cleveland Play House/Ohio University Lab Company.
Original Source Material: Yaffa Eliach’s Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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Experience(s) Chronicled: Righteous Gentiles
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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
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