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NJTF Remembrance Readings Second Decade

WHY

The NJTF HTII Remembrance Play Readings program honors the victims, survivors, and lessons of the Holocaust. May the unique power of theater in performance and education overcome the forces of bigotry, division, anti-Semitism, and Holocaust denial, and serve as an artistic moral compass for current and future generations.

WHEN

Remembrance Readings are public performances of Holocaust plays, scenes, monologues, and verbatim testimonies selected by participants from the online NJTF Holocaust Theater Catalog. They are held in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 23 & 24), and Kristallnacht (November 9th & 10th). Organizations are also welcome to choose another date(s) that better serve their collective constituencies and participants.

HOW

Remembrance Readings of Holocaust plays do not require lengthy rehearsals and expensive production values. They can be done in concert or staged reading formats, in a variety of settings by diverse participants of all ages. They have involved theaters, Holocaust museums, theater artists, libraries, Holocaust educators, schools, universities, places of worship, youth and community centers, memorial museums, and the general public. Remembrance Readings have been done by very experienced actors to those with limited or no formal theater training. 

We suggest these readings be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.  These conversations are meant to provide a deeper understanding of the play's content, context, themes, and contemporary relevance. 

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  • Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:00 PM
    Free Theatre of Brevard

    The Free Theatre of Brevard

    The Free Theatre of Brevard continues a theater tradition of producing thoughtful plays to engage and enrich the community, fostering dialogue both within the audience and between the audience and the cast, crew, and members of our expert panels.

    The Theater has a 3-play season with dates starting in November through April. In the spring the play will honor the Jewish community with performances that memorialize the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

    Details coming soon.

  • Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 06:00 PM
    Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York, NY

    Remember the Women Institute

    Remember the Women Institute-Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

    Remember the Women Institute’s tenth anniversary event of dramatic readings about
    women and the Holocaust will take place on April 24, 2025, at the Marlene Meyerson
    JCC Manhattan. In addition to the readings, we are launching the sixth edition of our
    free on-line Women, Theater, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook, which will be
    available from www.rememberwomen.org. The readings to be presented are: How to
    Live by Mindy Pfeffer, Powerless by Dana Leslie Goldstein, excerpts from As Happy as
    God in France by British playwright Julia Pascal, performed by Dr. Meghan Brodie’s
    theater students from Ursinus College, and the premiere of The Courier: Based on a
    True Story, a play about resistance by Cynthia L. Cooper. A talk-back with the
    playwrights and Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, founding director of Remember the Women
    Institute will follow the readings.

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