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The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret
Author(s): Jonathon Garfinkel
In 1987, Cleveland auto worker John Demjanjuk was accused of being Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka and brought to trial in Jerusalem for crimes against humanity. The circus of the public trial transforms the courtroom into cabaret, lawyers into Nazis, and survivors into singing emcees.
Format: Musical
Cast Size: 5M/1F, doubling, 13 parts in all & accordion part.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: Theatre Asylum (Based in Toronto), 2004
Original Language: English
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Published in A Terrible Truth: Anthology of Holocaust Drama, v. 2, compiled by Irene N. Watts, Playwrights Canada Press.
Experience(s) Chronicled: Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators