I Never Saw Another Butterfly
by Celeste Raspanti
November 17 & 18, 2006
Adapted from a book of the same name, the stage production of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" is an imaginative creation of the story of Raja Englanderova, a child survivor of the Holocaust. From 1942 to 1945 more than 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin, a former military garrison set up as a ghetto. It soon became a transition station for hundreds of thousands of Jews on their way to the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
While most of the children imprisoned at Terezin perished at Auschwitz, some of their stories of life during the Holocaust are preserved in drawings and poems, published in the book, I Never Saw Another Butterfly. When Terezin was liberated in 1945, only about 100 children were alive to return to what was left of their lives. One of those children was Englanderova, who returned to her home in Prague after the liberation, and this is her story.
the Children...
the People who loved them...
the Crew...
by Celeste Raspanti
November 17 & 18, 2006
Adapted from a book of the same name, the stage production of "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" is an imaginative creation of the story of Raja Englanderova, a child survivor of the Holocaust. From 1942 to 1945 more than 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin, a former military garrison set up as a ghetto. It soon became a transition station for hundreds of thousands of Jews on their way to the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
While most of the children imprisoned at Terezin perished at Auschwitz, some of their stories of life during the Holocaust are preserved in drawings and poems, published in the book, I Never Saw Another Butterfly. When Terezin was liberated in 1945, only about 100 children were alive to return to what was left of their lives. One of those children was Englanderova, who returned to her home in Prague after the liberation, and this is her story.
the Children...
| Raja Englanderova | : | Hannah Bundgard |
| Honza Kosec | : | Lee Mitchell |
| Child i | : | Allie Shaffer |
| Child ii | : | Lauren Benton |
| Child iii | : | Kyla Hollis |
| Child iv | : | Kasey Smith |
| Child v | : | Alex King |
| Erika | : | Tawney Sullivan |
| Youth of Terizen | : | Danielle Wade |
| : | Hannah Pruitt | |
| : | Alison Harte | |
| : | Emily Mathews | |
| : | Jen Hollard | |
| : | Sarah Dalton |
the People who loved them...
| Irena Synkova | : | Mariah Kimbriel |
| Father | : | Sam Murri |
| Mother | : | Hannah Duke |
| Vera | : | Anne Choquette |
| Pavel | : | Jordan Pies |
| Renka | : | Clarisa Bernard |
| Irca | : | Paige Pomeroy |
| Rabbi | : | Brian Kay |
| Loudspeaker | : | Danielle Wade |
| : | Steven Reamer |
the Crew...
| Director | : | Erica Morrow |
| Assistant Director | : | Kelly Shaffer |
| Stage Manager | : | Dan Mathews |
| Lighting | : | Kaylee Sherman |
| Followspot | : | Michael Kay |
| Sound | : | Austin Kinney & J.T. Goethe |
| Sound Effects | : | Cassie Kimbriel |
| Visual Effects | : | Rachel Stertz |
| Props | : | Courtney Kay |
| Wardrobe | : | Whitnee Sherman |
| : | Brenda Snailum | |
| : | Debbie Wade | |
| : | Janiece Murri | |
| Hair/Makeup | : | Kaylee Sherman |
| Stage Crew | : | Seth Bundgard |
| : | Sam Beeson | |
| : | Ben Stertz | |
| : | Emily Letsinger | |
| Publicity & Tickets | : | Lauren Benton |
| Tech. Director | : | Mike Shaffer |
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