Grades 8-12 will mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Rememberance Day, with a performance of ‘Number the Stars’ Monday, April 8, 7 pm, as a production of Hillel’s Jordan Alexander Ressler Performing Arts Program.All families and community friends are invited, free of charge.
During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, the Nazis closed Jewish-owned businesses and began to round up the Jews for relocation to concentration camps. Danish freedom fighters of all ages risked everything in daring, hurried attempts to rescue Jews. In this stirring new play, young Annemarie and Kirsti Johansen face soldiers, interrogations, fierce dogs, personal danger, the loss of loved ones and their own fears as they try to help their friend Ellen Rosen escape across the ocean to Sweden and safety. Courage, faith, ingenuity and even their fledgling acting skills eventually win the day.
All the drama, pathos, adventure, terror and humor that have made Number the Stars a National Bestseller (and winner of the Newbery Award and the American Library Association Book of the Year award) come to life in this powerful adaptation. For information, please contact drama teacher Don Stansfield.
