Number the Stars (Musical, Hartley)
Book, music and lyrics by Sean Hartley. Based on the book by Lois Lowry. Directed by Michael Musial February 7 – February 18, 2024 Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater A tender and intense adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel about one of the most inspiring episodes in human history: the rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II. Annemarie Johansen is surprised when her best friend Ellen Rosen arrives in her apartment to spend the night. When two Nazi soldiers appear at the door looking for the Rosen family, Annemarie’s parents pretend that Ellen is their own daughter. Annemarie comes to realize that all of the Jewish Danes are in terrible danger, and that it is up to their Christian neighbors to help them escape to neutral Sweden. Annemarie is to take the Rosens to Sweden in her boat.
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois
Dates/Times: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 10 am Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 10 am Friday, February 9, 2024 at 10 am & 7:30 pm Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 2 pm Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 10 am Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 10 am Thursday, February 15, 2023 at 10 am Saturday, February 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 18, 2023 at 2 pm (School Group Snow Day is Friday, Feb 16 at 10am)
Price:
$15.00