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John Tarasychuk Detroit Free Press
January 8th, 1999

Council Cargle, le
and Barbara Busty are
Narrator-Inquisitor #1 and
Narrator-Inquisitor #2.

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who don't have a strong sense of the
gathering the information, he spoke
history captured in the 50-year span
with Bednarova, learned about her
of the production.
actions and decided the woman's expe-
Starring as Magda is Chris Ann
riences should take priority.
Voudoukis, who recently appeared as
Eliet brought a lengthy resume to
Kate Keller in The Miracle Worker at
the project, including work as a pro-
Meadow Brook Theatre. Also in the
ducer, director, educator and adminis-
trator. Currently working freelance out cast are Council Cargle as Narrator-
Inquisitor #1, Barbara Busby as
of New York, he writes scripts for
Narrator-Inquisitor #2, Greg
young people as well as adults.
Olszewski as Jan Flimel and Thomas
Eliet's theater affiliations include
Hoagland as Josef
artistic direction at
Zachar.
Circle in the Square
Eliet, who has a Jewish
Acting Ensemble
father but was not raised
and the Suitcase
as a Jew, authored another
Theatre in New
play about the Holocaust,
York, the
Spirit of Life. He saw a
Providence Public
need for it while working
Theatre in Rhode
in Ohio and touring with
Island and the
a student-aimed produc-
Hartman Theatre
tion of The Diary of Anne
Conservatory in
Frank. He toured with
Stamford, Conn.
Spirit of Life to give young
He has been an
viewers more of an under-
adjunct professor of
standing of the times
the School of
behind the Anne Frank
Theatre at Ohio
drama, he said.
University and the-
Eliet says he continues
ater consultant to
to see "Daniella, an
the Rhode Island
School for the Deaf. Thomas Hoagland, a performer ambassador to the United
in this year's Jewish Ensemble
Nations in Vienna, about
Bruce Millan,
Theatre school outreach produc- twice a year." A newer
artistic director and
tion of "The Diary of Anne
play of his, Two Fugues
founder of Detroit
Frank,"
plays Josef Zachar.
and an Aria, concerns the
Repertory Theatre, is
bravery shown by both
directing the produc-
Daniella and her father.
tion. He read it as an unsolicited script
Of Daniela's mother, Eliet says,
and was taken with its message. He also
"Magda is a wonderful, vibrant person
was taken with the piece as a third-per-
totally without bitterness. She lives for
son drama with characters who repre-
the day and knows what it means to
sent the attitudes of the times.
just move on."
"We find plays we believe our audi-
ences would like to see and should
see," says Millan, who reviews about
Magda's Story runs Thursdays-
250 new plays each season. "What the
Sundays, April 1-May 23, at the
characters [do in Magda's Story] is
Detroit Repertory Theatre,
more important than who they are as
13103 Woodrow Wilson,
personalities. The play gives a sense of
Detroit. Curtain times are 8:30
the devastating climate. It doesn't
p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 3
dwell on the Jewish culture; it deals
and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2
with the circumstances with which
and 7:30 p.m. Sundays. $15.
Jews had to cope.
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Millan thinks the play is especially
important for teens and young adults

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