I am working with Hillel and the Center for Performing Arts to promote the show Hitler's Daughter, coming to campus March 17, 2013 at 2pm in Eisenhower Auditorium. I am putting together a display case in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. The case will include information about the play, responses from students, and handmade butterflies. I am asking students around campus to think about the question: Are we responsible for the actions of our parents? Hitler's Daughter explore this question when students waiting for a bus start telling stories and one imagines what life would have been like for the fictitious daughter of Hitler. It may seem like a straightforward questions, but there are many possibilities to consider. Maybe the answer is no--like if our parents get in trouble for something and go to jail, we don't go to jail for them. But maybe at a nursing home, if they start acting up, we are responsible for talking to them and dealing with them if the problems don't subside. Our parents take care of us--most of the time supporting us monetarily during college. Are we responsible for doing the same when our parents retire? Students can email responses to [email protected] with Hitler's Daughter in the subject line by Wednesday, February 15.
Butterflies have become associated with children during the Holocaust as a result of the poem "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" written by a child during the Holocaust in the Terezin Concentration Camp. Because this is a children's play, elementary school-aged students at the local synagogue are making butterflies out of coffee filters, water colors, and clothespins to include in the display. After the show, the butterflies will be sent to the Houston Holocaust Museum to be included in their display of 1.5 million butterflies, commemorating the loss of all 1.5 million children during the Holocaust. For more information about the butterfly project, click here
For more information about the play, see below:
Hitler's Daughter
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2pm in Eisenhower Auditorium
Based on a novel by Jackie French and performed by Monkey Baa, a theatre for young people, Hitler' Daughter tells the story of four children - Mark, Ben, Anna, and Tracey. As the friends wait for the school bus, Anna tells the imagined tale of Heidi, daughter of the most hated man in history. The play switches between Nazi Germany and contemporary Australia as Mark becomes engrossed in the story. Could Heidi have stopped the atrocities of war, genocide, and hate her father waged? Would Mark have acted differently in Heidi's place? This intriguing play poses powerful questions about a frightening period in history and forces us to examine moral issues in relation to society's fears and prejudices. Based in Sydney, Australia, Monkey Baa (as in monkey bar pronounced by an Aussie) has achieved critical acclaim and enjoys an international reputation for producing quality theatre programs for young audiences. (http://www.cpa.psu.edu/events/hitler.html)
For an 8-minute trailer of the play, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou4dgs-mNAo
Butterflies have become associated with children during the Holocaust as a result of the poem "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" written by a child during the Holocaust in the Terezin Concentration Camp. Because this is a children's play, elementary school-aged students at the local synagogue are making butterflies out of coffee filters, water colors, and clothespins to include in the display. After the show, the butterflies will be sent to the Houston Holocaust Museum to be included in their display of 1.5 million butterflies, commemorating the loss of all 1.5 million children during the Holocaust. For more information about the butterfly project, click here
For more information about the play, see below:
Hitler's Daughter
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2pm in Eisenhower Auditorium
Based on a novel by Jackie French and performed by Monkey Baa, a theatre for young people, Hitler' Daughter tells the story of four children - Mark, Ben, Anna, and Tracey. As the friends wait for the school bus, Anna tells the imagined tale of Heidi, daughter of the most hated man in history. The play switches between Nazi Germany and contemporary Australia as Mark becomes engrossed in the story. Could Heidi have stopped the atrocities of war, genocide, and hate her father waged? Would Mark have acted differently in Heidi's place? This intriguing play poses powerful questions about a frightening period in history and forces us to examine moral issues in relation to society's fears and prejudices. Based in Sydney, Australia, Monkey Baa (as in monkey bar pronounced by an Aussie) has achieved critical acclaim and enjoys an international reputation for producing quality theatre programs for young audiences. (http://www.cpa.psu.edu/events/hitler.html)
For an 8-minute trailer of the play, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou4dgs-mNAo
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