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Taken Generation
Author(s):
Brief synopsis: Three friends grew up in Warsaw together. Adam is the son of a prominent Rabbi. He becomes involved with the Resistance. Marek is a Catholic priest. Rachel is an entertainer at The Cabaret nightclub. Father Marek runs an orphanage and coerces help from Adam and Rachel. The three friends try to save the children in the orphanage from being transported to Treblinka.
Format: Musical
Cast Size:2M, 1W
Character breakdown:
Adam
Rachel
Father Merek
Notes:
Study guides or support material: Please visit www.takengeneration.com for the trailer and staged reading film.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Staged Reading
Staged Reading
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Daniel Perrin, registered with the U.S. copyright office.
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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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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.