Kindertransport

Written by Diane Samuels

Narrated by Jane Kaczmarek, Molly C. Quinn and Susan Sullivan

As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many Jews tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport, and is the title of Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets, and survival.

Includes a conversation with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Jane Kaczmarek as Helga
Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/ Misc.
Shannon Lee Clair as Eva
Angela Paton as Lil
Molly Quinn as Faith
Susan Sullivan as Evelyn

Directed by Jeanie Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works
• Release date: Dec 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9781580819398

Reviews for Kindertransport

[devil_llama · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This play combines elements of realism with a mysterious past that manifests itself in the present, and changes the lives of three women who thought the past was not part of the present. Set simultaneously in Hitler's Germany and contemporary England, it tells the story of a woman who left Germany as a child on the kindertransport, but was never rejoined by her parents. As time passes, she becomes more English, doing her best to forget her German past, but never able to let go fully, until one day her daughter discovers that her mother is not exactly who she thought. The clash of cultures and generations mingles with the tragedy of the Holocaust to generate a truly moving, well written work.