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Roses in a Forbidden Garden
Author(s): Elise Garibaldi
Playwright Elise Garibaldi adapts the true story of her grandmother, a young German- Jewish girl who finds beauty and love for a man amidst the unspeakable horrors of Hitler's concentration camps. Garibaldi lends her unique perspective of a granddaughter who has spent her childhood hearing and learning from the stories of the war. The musical portrays the endearing affection Elise has for her grandmother, Inge, as it clashes with her grandmother's disappointment and judgement of Elise's life choices.
Format: Rock musical
Cast Size:9F/7M
Snapshot
Original Source Material: Elise Garibaldi's book Roses in a Forbidden Garden: A Holocaust Love Story.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Elise Garibaldi
Experience(s) Chronicled: Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Resistance | Women and the Holocaust | Reactions to the Holocaust | Liberation | Rescue | European Jewry Before the Holocaust | Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Concentration and Extermination Camps
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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
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