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Three Daughters of Salonika
Author(s): David A. Crespy
It is 1957, and Allegra Parente (nee Vitale) has been living in Thessaloniki for over ten years after surviving the camps. Her husband, also a Holocaust survivor, with whom she shared a business, has died recently, and she is depressed and struggling. Worried that her mother may harm herself, her daughter Bolisa and her friends, Christina (Papoutsis) and Bouena Nahmias, contact her sisters, with whom she lost contact during the war. One sister Mary, lives in America, the other, Daisy, lives in Israel. Both had emigrated before the war. The play is about their important reunion in Salonika.
Format: Full-length play
Cast Size: 3 men (double-cast) 5 women (double-cast)
Running Time: 90 minutes to two hours
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Original or Prominent Production:
Missouri Playwrights Workshop
Missouri Playwrights Workshop
Original Source Material: Family history; interviews during 2018 Fulbright.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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