Jewish Theatre Collaborative 2010

Artists Repertory Theatre, February 25 – March 21, 2010

By Diane Samuels

Director Sacha Reich

Cast:Doren Elias, Heidi Hunter, Patricia Hunter*, Michele Mariana*, Kate Mura, and Jack Wells

*Member Actors Equity Association

Design Team: Mark Loring, Peter West, Elizabeth Huffman, Rody Ortega

Partners/Sponsors: Oregon Holocaust Resource Center, Oregon Area Jewish Committee

Kindertransport, by Diane Samuels weaves story of 3 generations of women whose lives are intertwined when 9 year old Eva is sent from Germany to Manchester in 1938. Set in attic of middle aged Evelyn, looking for items for daughter’s apartment, boxes are unpacked, and traumatic memories penetrate her present. Her daughter discovers that her obsessive compulsive and occasionally seemingly PTSD British mother Evelyn was German girl Eva. Through the play, and planned satellite programming, JTC brought community together to examine the historical implications of one girl’s story to reflect on the universals that are playing themselves out on contemporary battlefields.