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The Theatre Company's "Tell All Ages" recalls the
Holocaust in music and dramatic readings.
LINDA BACHRACK
Special to the Jewish News
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... John Tanasychuk, Detroit Free Press
their friendship and are reflected in
their correspondence.
In selections from Etty Hillesum's
"An Interrupted Life," the personal
diary and letters of a sensitive, artistic
woman bring to light her experiences
living in Westerbrook, a police deten-
tion camp and transit camp for Jews
in the Netherlands.
As heard and experienced through
the writings of 78-year-old Harry
Weinberg, Leslea Newman's contem-
porary fiction piece "A Letter to
f you remember the old Readers
Theater," says The Theatre
Company's Yolanda Fleischer,
"you'll feel the same sense of
performance intimacy in our newest
production, Tell All Ages."
Tell All Ages is a compilation of read-
ings and music from the Holocaust,
directed by Fleischer, and performed
by some of the area's finest theatrical
talent. It will be pre-
sented at The Theatre
Company's McAuley
Theatre 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9.
The theater com-
munity is embracing a
'stop hate' theme this
season, initiated by the
Jewish Ensemble
Theatre," says
Fleischer. This produc-
tion, hosted by the
president of the
University of Detroit
Mercy, Maureen Fay,
The cast of "Tell All Ages" includes some of Detroit's best-
0.P., aims to bring the
known actors, directed by Yolanda Fleischer. Left to right:
Catholic and Jewish
Fleischer, Laurie V. Logan, Susan Berch, Shirley Benyas,
communities together.
David Fox, Miriam Yezbick Engstrom, Andrew Parker
"The artistic collab-
oration gives a voice to and Evelyn Orbach.
the community that
Harvey Milk" brings the terrors of the
sustains the memory of the people in,
Holocaust into the present.
and touched by, the Holocaust," says
Tell All Ages: Literature and Music of
Fleischer.
the Holocaust is sponsored by the Irwin
The dramatic pieces that make up
and Sadie Cohn Fund, and will bene-
Tell All Ages range from contemporary
fit the Geraldine Regal Scholarship
fictions echoing the terrors of the
Fund, dedicated to helping students of
Holocaust to classic stories of friend-
the theatrical arts with the financial
ship and triumph.
means to achieve their goals.
Those performing include Evelyn
Orbach, JET's artistic director, and
award-winning actors David L. Regal,
Tell All Ages: Literature and Music
Shirley Benyas, Laurie V. Logan,
of
the Holocaust will be presented
Miriam (Yezbick) Engstrom and
2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in The
David Fox. Theatre Company stu-
Theatre Company's McAuley
dents Andrew Parker and Susan Berch
Theatre on the campus of the
join the ensemble.
University of Detroit Mercy,
Included in the compilation is
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students; additional
Unknown," a classic story concerning
contributions
are welcome. A
a sequence of letters exchanged
reception
immediately
follows the
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