Performances on Sundays, October 6, 13, 20, 27 at 1pm
Click HERE to book a school matinee performance Oct 1-24 (Tue-Thur at 10am and 11:30am)
Based on the remarkable true story of Heinz Geiringer – neighbor and friend of Anne Frank – we follow the story of a young artist and loving brother living in unconscionable circumstances. A trained musician at only 15 years old and now forced to live in hiding and silence, Heinz turns to painting and poetry to express his everyday terror but also his faith in a brighter future. Through Heinz’s inspired paintings, nostalgic love of life, and his sister Eva’s remembrances, we are shown how art is part of our collective humanity and its power to help us cope, heal, and offer hope.
Performances are recommended for ages 10 and up.
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Supported in part by Lesbians for Good of Horizons Foundation, The Libitzky Family Foundation Fund, LSP Family Foundation, and the generosity of NCTC’s individual donors.
Playwright Claudia Inglis Haas (pronouns: she/her) has worked as a playwright, director, actor and teacher of theatre. She has created theatre in schools (including their gymnasiums and cafeterias), caves, nature centers and libraries. Theatre is everywhere. Claudia has fifty published plays which have seen over 1500 productions in every state in the U.S.A. as well as on five continents (Still looking for South American and Antarctica.) Her plays have been popular in the high school one-act play festival competitions and the ten-minute plays are used regularly for forensics.
Director Andrew Jordan Nance (pronouns: he/him) is the Founder and Lead Trainer for Mindful Arts San Francisco (MASF). Additionally, he offers trainings and assemblies around the globe for libraries, schools, and school districts to provide the principles of mindfulness to students and staff. His mindfulness training comes from Mindful Schools, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Omega and Esalen. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, for almost two decades, he was the Conservatory Director of New Conservatory Theatre Center, providing educational theater experiences for thousands of Bay Area youth and adults. He is the author of four popular Mindfulness books, PUPPY MIND, MINDFUL ARTS in the CLASSROOM, THE LION IN ME, published by Parallax Press, and distributed by Penguin Random House. THE BAREFOOT KING, published by Shambhala /Bala Books, was released in June 2020. Learn more at andrewjnance.com or mindfulartssf.com.
Eva Schloss (pronouns: she/her) is an Austrian-English Holocaust survivor, memoirist and stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank. Schloss speaks widely of her family’s experiences during the Holocaust and is a participant in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive project to record video answers to be used in educational tools. She has authored three books (The Promise, Eva’s Story, and After Auschwitz) and is a co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust in the UK. Learn more about the book that inspired this play here.
Creative Team
Stage Manager: Liam Kirk (pronouns: he/him)
Lighting Designer: Nic Candito (pronouns: he/him)
Sound Designer: Kaitlin Rosen (pronouns: she/her)
Costume Designer: Anthony Lopez (pronouns: he/him)
Cast
Executive Producers: Andrew Nance & Jim Maloney, Anonymous, Ted Tucker
Producers: Norman Abramson, Elliott Joseph