In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Remember the Women Institute celebrated our annual Women, Theater, and the Holocaust evening of dramatic readings of plays by and about women, performed by professional actors.
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7:00 PM
Seventh Floor Beit Midrash
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street
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The evening included the launch of the tenth anniversary sixth edition of Remember the Women Institute’s Women, Theater, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook.
A talk-back with directors and playwrights and a reception followed the readings.
Photos by Jeff French Segall
THE READINGS:
As Happy as God in France (Excerpt), written by Julia Pascal
Dr. Meghan Brodie, Director
The performers are Theater students from Ursinus College: Sophia Bush, Evan Chartock, Gianna Daiuto, Mel Petro, and Annie Zulick
How To Live (Excerpt), written by Mindy Pfeffer
Illana Stein, Director
Performers: James Hallett and Mindy Pfeffer
Powerless, written by Dana Leslie Goldstein
Robert Bruce McIntosh, director
Performers: Sarah Guilbault, Jacob Harran, and Leslie Kincaid
The Courier: Based on a True Story, written by Cynthia L. Cooper
Melanie Sutherland, director
Performers: Ivy Austin and Jimmy Georgiades
This event was in partnership with Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, National Jewish Theater Foundation, and Jewish Theatre Circle, and was part of National Jewish Theater Foundation’s Remembrance Play Readings. We are grateful for support from Patti Askwith Kenner and The Five Millers Family Foundation.
