A Staged Reading of Two New Plays by Neil Cole

A Staged Reading of Two New Plays by Neil Cole
Both plays are by acclaimed Australian playwright Neil Cole and will be directed by Elayne LeTraunik.
Event Info Host: Episcopal Actors Guild
Type: Music/Arts - Performance
Network: Global
Time and Place Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Episcopal Actors Guild
Street: 1 East 29th Street
City/Town: New York, NY
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Contact Info Phone: 7737241554
Email: vitrualelayne@gmail.com

DescriptionCome see me, I will be perfroming in both readings! :)

Two new Holocaust themed plays will have staged readings in New York City on December 21, 2008 at Episcopal Actors Guild, 1 East 29th Street, New York. Both plays are by acclaimed Australian playwright Neil Cole and will be directed by Elayne LeTraunik.





“Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto” (Reading begins at 1 p.m.): This play relates the efforts of historian Emmanuel Ringelblum and the members of Oneg Shabbat to document the life of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. This play is based in part on the book “Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto “edited and translated by Jacob Sloan.



“The Trial of Adolph Eichmann” (Reading begins at 4 p.m.): This play is based on the court proceedings in Israel in 1959 which was the first time the horrors of the Holocaust were seen by the world at large.



Following each reading will be a brief discussion. In addition, playwright Neil Cole will be in attendance.



Playwright Neil Cole is a former member of the Victorian State Parliament of Australia and in the 1990’s was Victorian Shadow Attorney General. He is a lawyer as well as a professor and has had 7 plays produced in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane including “Alive at Williamstown Pier”, “Dr Cade” and “Personality Games.” He has won the Griffin Theatre Award for the best new writing for theater in 1999 and was short listed for the Victorian Premiers Literary Award in 2001.



This event is free and no reservation is required. Following each reading, refreshments will be served. For more information regarding this event, please contact Karen Lehman at 212-685-2927 or by email at karen@actorsguild.org. For information on the plays, contact Elayne LeTraunik at 773-724-1554 or by email at vitrualelayne@gmail.com.