Eugenio Opens at Greenbelt Arts Center on Friday

In the summer of 1944, American forces liberated Rome from Nazi occupation. This summer

THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER AND THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT

EUGENIO

A PLAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS

 

AS STAGED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA, THE NEW YORK MIDTOWN FESTIVAL, AND THE UNIVERSAL THEATRE

By

ANTHONY ERNEST GALLO

Directed by

SHIRL AND DAVID WEAVER

PERFORMANCES:

Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19, Friday, July 25, Saturday, July 26 @ 8:00 PM

 Sunday, July 20 and Sunday, July 27 @ 2:00 PM

Seventy years ago, American forces liberated Rome from Nazi occupation. 

This fact-based, two-act drama deals with that tragic period in Italy during the Holocaust when fifteen hundred Jews were sent to their deaths at Auschwitz.  The drama touches on the role of the Church and the Holocaust, and examines forgiveness amidst three conversions. Rome's aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Israel Zolli loses faith following the apparent slaughter of his Polish family. He receives asylum in the Vatican, where he comes to appreciate Jesus as God suffering for humanity. The Rabbi rediscovers faith and converts to Roman Catholicism. This is seen as a betrayal of his spiritual duty and a defection to the age-old enemy. Was his conversion one of conviction or merely gratitude? What does he demand at his baptism that eventually removes a major symbol of discrimination?         

CAST AND CREW

Steven Rosenthal, Bruce Smith, Shirl Weaver, James McDaniel, David Weaver, Bunty Ketcham, George Spencer, Beatrix Whitehall, Chris Weaver

WHERE

Greenbelt Arts Center  123 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD  Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770.Tickets: Regular - $17   Seniors/Students - $14   Group Sales -$12   Questions:  202 544 6973  agallo2368@verizon.net

 

Website:  Eugenio:  http://eugenio.aegallo.com