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May 8 - 18, 2008
"Brundibar" (Musical) and "Contact with the Enemy"
The Weekend Theater

Double Bill.

"Brundibar" (Musical)
Performed by the children of the concentration camp Theresienstadt in occupied Czechoslovakia, and adapted to suit the musical instruments available in the camp: flute, clarinet, guitar, accordion, piano, percussion, four violins, a cello and a double bass, this opera shares elements with fairytales such as Hansel and Gretel. Aninka and Pepícek are fatherless sister and brother. Their mother is ill, and the doctor tells them she needs milk to recover, but they have no money. They decide to sing in the marketplace, to raise the needed money, but the evil organ grinder Brundibár chases them away. However, with the help of a dog, a cat and a lark, and the children of the town, they are able to chase Brundibar away in turn, and sing in the market square and earn the money they need for milk to save their mother. The opera contains obvious symbolism in the triumph of the helpless and needy children over the tyrannical organ-grinder, but no overt references to the conditions under which it was written and performed. However, certain phrases were to the audience clearly anti-Nazi, such as: He who loves justice and will abide by it, and who is not afraid, is our friend and can play with us." Most of the participants in the Theresienstadt production, including the composer Krása, were later exterminated in Auschwitz. Directed by Ralph Hyman, Music Direction by Lori Isner.

"Contact with the Enemy"
Set in 1993, this one-act drama portrays two veterans of World War II, a businessman and a writer, who meet by chance in front of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. In short order, they realize they knew each other once, having served in the same army division—and had been among the soldiers to liberate one of the lesser-known camps, Ohrduf-Nord. As they enter the museum, examine the exhibits, eventually find their recollections solicited by the guide and recorded by the volunteer historian, uncomfortable echoes of those events cause unexpected, long-suppressed revelations to rise to the surface—one in particular quite devastating.
Directed by Alan Douglas.

Individual tickets to productions at The Weekend Theater cost $14 ($10 for students and seniors over 65) for Dramas and $18 ($14 for students and seniors over 65) for Musicals. Tickets can be purchased at the theater with cash, check, Mastercard or Visa.

Curtain Times:
Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30pm and Sundays (Musicals only), 2:30pm.

Formore information, call 501-374-3761 or visit www.weekendtheater.org.