Winner of the BroadwayWorld Ottawa Award for Best New Play or Musical
In a Jewish ghetto at the height of the Second World War, a group of youths organize what will become known as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Izzy, Eden, Joshua and Christian are young socialist revolutionaries from different backgrounds who are trapped in a room under hopeless circumstances. Their task is clear: they must form a new military organization against the Nazis and convince their elders that the Ghetto must fight. The cadre of brilliant, brave and often hilarious characters express their passions and desires as fiercely as they fight for their right to exist in the face of annihilation. This story of youth, revolution, and betrayal in Poland, 1943, is written for today, with a clear message about how to fight for the changes we need.
News & Reviews
“The dizzying diversity of Jewish life in the pre-Holocaust era is one of Hitler’s least-known victims. Chasms of class, ideology, religion and values divided Jewish communities that effectively lived in different worlds until the Nazis shoved them together in ghettos, trains and camps. Darrah Teitel revives and literally rejuvenates the fierce debates that lit up the Jewish world before the great darkness. Their passion and edgy sparkle will dance in your head for days.” — Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein
About the Author
Darrah Teitel is a playwright and socialist living in Toronto where she currently works as a labour organizer. She is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting program. Her credits include Forever Young, (Great Canadian Theatre Company); The Omnibus Bill (Counterpoint Players); Behaviour (Great Canadian Theatre Company); Corpus (Teesri Duniya), and The Apology (Alberta Theatre Projects). Darrah is the winner of several awards for her plays and has been nominated for Dora, META, Betty Mitchell and Prix Rideau awards for best new play. She was a member of the 2007, 2011, and 2012 Banff Playwrights’ Colonies, The MacDowell Colony, The Gros Morne Playwrights Residency and the Asylum Arts Peleh Family Artists Residency in Berkeley, California.
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