Tuesday25Oct 2016

Etty: A One Woman Play by Susan Stein

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PST
2016-10-25 19:00 2016-10-25 21:00 America/Los_Angeles Etty: A One Woman Play by Susan Stein Go to event listing for more details: https://events.chapman.edu/20477 FIC CHAPEL Wallace All Faiths Chapel Ashley Bloomfield rodgerscenter@chapman.edu

Free to attend

FIC CHAPEL

Wallace All Faiths Chapel

General Public

Everyone is welcome to attend

Adapted and Performed by
Susan Stein

Directed by
Austin Pendleton

Etty Hillesum’s life ended at Auschwitz when she was only 29 years old. In the play Etty, drawn entirely from Etty’s diaries and letters of 1941- 1943, we meet a remarkable young Dutch woman: insightful, determined, poetic, sensual. Through the voice of Susan Stein, Etty speaks directly to her audience, frankly, and with compassion--even for the enemy. Seeking the meaning of her life--and all life--during the terror of Nazi occupation, Etty “happens upon” prayer, discovers a reality that she calls God, and opens herself to the power of being fully alive and present, bearing witness to the catastrophe unfolding around her. In her gentle yet forthright way, Etty asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz, but to let her have a “little bit of a say” in what she hopes will be a new world.

Susan Stein is an actress, playwright and teaching artist living in
New York City. Stein studied acting in the graduate program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She adapted Etty using only Hillesum’s words. She has performed the play in theaters, universities, and museums throughout the United States.

Austin Pendleton is an American film, television, and stage actor,
a playwright and theater director. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company.

For more information about Etty, the play, or about Etty Hillesum,
visit www.ettyplay.org
 

You can contact the event organizer, Ashley Bloomfield at rodgerscenter@chapman.edu or (714) 532-7760.

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