Enacting History: A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of contents Images Foreword Acknowledgments How to use this book How to: scripted scenes and monologues Terminology and best practices for readings Best practices for performing scene and monologue readings Scripted scenes (readings) – suggested lesson plan Day #1 Day #2 Terminology and best practices for staged scenes Best practices for performing staged scenes Scripted scenes (staged) – suggested lesson plan Day #1 Day #2 Day #3 Day #4 Scripted scenes and monologues actor worksheet How to: verbatim testimony historical narratives Terminology of scene components and best practices Verbatim testimony historical narratives – suggested lesson plan Day #1 Day #2 Day #3 Day #4 Historical narrative scenes How to: devised theater activities Terminology of scene components and best practices How to get started on your devised theater scene – notes for directors and students Sample devised theater scene Devised theater activity – suggested lesson plan Day #1 Day #2 Day #3 Day #4 Chapter 1 Propaganda, the growth of Nazism, the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman 2. Monologue – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 3. Scene for three actors – T-Money & Wolf by Kevin Willmott and Ric Averill Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Eva Bergmann – “Kristallnacht” 2. From the testimony of Esther Clifford – “Antisemitism” 3. From the testimony of Margaret Lambert – “Antisemitism” 4. From the testimony of Esther Clifford – “Fear” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 1 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Texts Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 2 Perpetrators, collaborators and bystanders Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank by James Still 2. Scene for two actors – East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch 3. Monologue – East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch 4. Scene for three actors – T-Money & Wolf by Kevin Willmott and Ric Averill Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Edith Reiss – “Bystanders” 2. From the testimony of Rudolph Lahnstein – “Kristallnacht” 3. From the testimony of Bronia Sonnenschein – “Ghetto Life” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 2 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Background Text Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 3 Ghettos Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Scene for two actors – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 2. Scene for two actors – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 3. Scene for three actors – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Daniel Geslewitz – “Anti-Jewish Laws” 2. From the testimony of Henry Greenblatt – “Ghetto Life” 3. From the testimony of Eva Safferman – “Ghetto Life” 4. From the testimony of Helen Fagin – “Ghetto Life” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 3 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Text Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 4 Concentration and extermination camps Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank by James Still 2. Monologue – And A Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade 3. Monologue – And A Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade 4. Monologue – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 5. Monologue – And A Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade 6. Monologue – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 7. Scene for two actors – Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Erna Anolik – “Camps (Labor/Concentration)” 2. From the testimony of Ellis Lewin – “Camps (Labor/Concentration)” 3. From the testimony of Itka Zygmuntowicz – “Camps (Labor/Concentration)” 4. From the testimony of Itka Zygmuntowicz – “Resilience” 5. From the testimony of Eva Kor – “Auschwitz” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 4 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Texts Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 5 Fleeing and hiding Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman 2. Monologue – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 3. Scene for two actors – The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman 4. Scene for two actors – Angel in the Night by Joanna Halpert Kraus 5. Scene for two female actors – Kindertransport by Diane Samuels 6. Scene for two actors – Kindertransport by Diane Samuels Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Aaron Elster – “Hiding” 2. From the testimony of Claire Boren – “Children” 3. From the testimony of Kristine Keren – “Hiding” 4. From the testimony of Marion Pritchard – “Hiding” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 5 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene material Texts Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 6 Resistance Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Scene for three actors – The White Rose by Lillian Garrett-Groag 2. Monologue – The White Rose by Lillian Garrett-Groag 3. Monologue – The White Rose by Lillian Garrett-Groag 4. Monologue – And a Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Itka Zygmuntowicz – “Resilience” 2. From the testimony of Anna Heilman – “Resistance” 3. From the testimony of Mira Shelub – “Resistance” 4. From the testimony of Sol Liber – “Resistance” 5. From the testimony of Leslie Banos – “Hiding” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 6 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Texts Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 7 Liberation Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner 2. Monologue – Dreams of Anne Frank by Bernard Kops 3. Scene for three actors – Remember My Name by Joanna Halpert Kraus 4. Scene for two female actors – A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Martin Aaron – “Liberation” 2. From the testimony of David Abrams – “Postwar Life/Return to Life” 3. From the testimony of Bernard Bermack – “Liberation” 4. From the testimony of Eva Kor – “Liberation” 5. From the testimony of Howard Cwick* – “Liberation” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 7 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene material Texts Saved from the “Murder Factory” 1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 8 Nazi war crimes and judgment Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Scene for three actors – Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith 2. Scene for two actors – Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith 3. Scene for two actors – Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Dora Abend – “Jewish Survivor” 2. From the testimony of Allen Caine – “Jewish Survivor” 3. From the testimony of Jack Robbins – “War Crimes Trial Participant” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 8 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Text 2 Additional line of dialogue: “I was just following orders” Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 9 Survivors and subsequent generations Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Scene for two female actors – A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow 2. Monologue – 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron 3. Monologue – 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron 4. Monologue – Denial by Peter Sagal 5. Scene for four female actors – Kindertransport by Diane Samuels 6. Scene for two female actors – Kindertransport by Diane Samuels Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Leslie Altman, daughter of Brigitte Altman – “Jewish Survivor” 2. From the testimony of Ralph Abramovitch – “Jewish Survivor” 3. From the testimony of Alan Brown – “Jewish Survivor” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 9 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Text Staging considerations, choices and tips Chapter 10 Deniers and denial Scripted scenes and monologues 1. Monologue – Denial by Peter Sagal 2. Scene for two actors – Denial by Peter Sagal 3. Scene for seven actors – Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett Verbatim testimony historical narratives 1. From the testimony of Edith Baneth – “Jewish Survivor” 2. From the testimony of Paul Parks – “Liberator” 3. From the testimony of Alan Brown – “Jewish Survivor” Suggested props/costumes for Chapter 10 historical narrative scenes Devised theater activity Scene components Texts Staging considerations, choices and suggestions About the plays Short synopses of plays included in scripted scenes and monologues 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow And A Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank by James Still Angel in the Night by Joanna H. Kraus Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith Denial by Peter Sagal Dreams of Anne Frank by Bernard Kops East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch Kindertransport by Diane Samuels Remember My Name by Joanna H. Kraus T- Money & Wolf by Kevin Willmott and Ric Averill The Diary of Anne Frank newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman from the play by Goodrich and Hackett The Survivor by Susan Nanus, based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner The White Rose by Lillian Garrett-Groag Works cited Works cited (theater activities) Index