DEAR ESTHER
by Richard Rashke
September 16 - October 17, 2004
Esther Raab is not only a survivor. She's a real-life miracle. Having survived and escaped from Sobibor death camp in 1945, she comes to America to start a new life. School children that hear her amazing story write thousands of letters of thanks and encouragement. The play intertwines these letters with Esther's incredible saga, and we become witness to her miraculous transformation as she responds to hate with love; answers despair with eternal hope.
Directed by David Cecsarini
Featuring Flora Coker, Laura Gray, Bo Johnson, Maureen Kilmurry, Chris Klopatek,
Betsy Skowbo
"Deeply moving, brilliant, and powerful..."
-U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Sponsored by:
The Schoenleber Foundation
Educational Sponsors:
The Bucyrus-Erie Foundation
The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
Patron comments:
"Sitting through the opening scene was like being in a speeding time capsule and my own world was left far behind. There's nothing else like what you do."
--Joanne Kline
"Off on another great season with DEAR ESTHER--a play that made a few actors cry (and me too)!"
--Denice and Gary Warren Niebuhr
"I went from white-knuckled suspense to tears to laughter, all ending in a sense of rueful peace and satisfaction."
--Shawn Olmstead
