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| GENRE |
Drama for young audiences |
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Full-length, 100-120 minutes
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| CAST |
13 females, 15 males (20-28 actors possible: 9-13 females, 11-15 males) |
| SET |
Realistic unit set depicting the main living/dining area of the Warsaw orphanage. A former warehouse or industrial site, the design should echo such various impersonal settings as a factory, a school, and a prison.
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| World War Two. The Nazi Occupation of Poland. Dr. Janusz Korczak -- writer, educator, physician, and passionate advocate for children -- tries to keep the 200 Jewish boys and girls of his famed Warsaw orphanage alive and hopeful in the face of unbelievable deprivation and terror. In the horrible conditions of the Jewish Ghetto, Korczak does everything within his power to make sure his children are fed and clothed, cared for and safe. But there are rumors of a change in the ghetto. Tales of deportations to concentration camps are spreading. And Korczak knows time may be running out. Against the rules of the ghetto, he permits his orphans to stage a magical play -- The Post Office -- to teach them about the one adult subject he has not yet broached with them: death. As the play is rehearsed, the rumors become reality, and Korczak must decide who can be saved and who must go on the final journey together. |
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| "Although the subject of Korczak is dark and painful, Hatcher's play is packed with the humor and vigor of children living in an enclosed world that feels separated from the darkness lapping around it...Korczak's Children is a timely and significant play for children old enough to grapple with the consequences of war and deep-seated prejudice." |
| --Elizabeth Weir, Talkin' Broadway |
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Read more reviews |
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| Clyde Lund and Maeve Moynihan in the World Premiere of Korczak's Children, The Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003). |
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