Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Announcement - Signs of Life: A Tale of Terezin (Amas Musical Theatre)

Amas Musical Theatre
DONNA TRINKOFF/Producing Artistic Director
in association with Snap-Two Productions

PRESENTS A Staged Reading of

SIGNS OF LIFE: A TALE OF TEREZIN

The Jewish people inhabiting the Czech ghetto TerezĂ­n are among the intellectual and artistic elite of Europe. Hitler's "City for the Jews" is a propaganda scheme created to fool an unsuspecting world. Signs of Life is the touching story of the courageous artists whose bravery, love, and defiance reveal the moral truth that lies in the power of art.

BOOK BY PETER ULLIAN
LYRICS BY LEN SCHIFF
MUSIC BY JOEL DERFNER

STARRING
SARAH DAVIS, LEO ASH EVENS, DAVID HIBBARD, WILLIAM PARRY, NANCY RINGHAM, NOAH RUFF, JASON MICHAEL SNOW, DOUGLAS ULLMAN, JR., CARL N. WALLNAU

STAGE MANAGER BRIAN WESTMORELAND
MUSIC DIRECTOR MATT CASTLE
DIRECTED BY JEREMY DOBRISH

FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY!

Tuesday, April 28 @ 1:30 and 7:30
Wednesday, April 29 @ 7:30
Thursday, April 30 @ 3:00

The Actors Playhouse - 100 Seventh Avenue South

TICKETS $18

For reservations call (212) 563-2565
or visit
www.amasmusical.org

This presentation is made possible by Limonade Productions and Stacey Mindich Productions.

Amas Musical Theatre is a non-profit, multi-ethnic theatrical organization founded in 1968 by Ms. Rosetta LeNoire. The Amas mission is grounded in non-traditional, multi-ethnic production, education and casting. Amas ("you love" in Latin) is devoted to the creation, development and professional production of new American musicals through the celebration of diversity and minority perspectives, the emergence of new artistic talent, and the training of inner-city young people. Recent productions include Wanda's World, Shout! The Mod Musical, Lone Star Love, From My Hometown, Zanna, Don't! and Stormy Weather: The Story of Lena Horne.