In the summer of 1944,
American forces liberated Rome
from Nazi occupation. Now
PRESENT
EUGENIO
A PLAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS
AS STAGED AT THE KENNEDY
CENTER , THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THE
DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA ,
THE NEW YORK MIDTOWN FESTIVAL, AND THE
UNIVERSAL THEATRE AND THE GREENBELT
ARTS CENTER
By
ANTHONY ERNEST GALLO
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
7:30 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, Ronnie
Hardcastle, Shirl Weaver, Ben Robles, David
Weaver, Bunty Ketcham, George Spencer, Beatrix Whitehall, Muriel Turner,
Annette Landers.
Questions and Reservations : Jenifer Weber jweber@arlingtonva.us 703-228 7320 Agallo2368@verion.net
202 544 6973 No charge or donation /Free indoor Parking.
Websites:
Eugenio:
In the summer of 1944,
American forces liberated Rome
from Nazi occupation. Now
PRESENT
EUGENIO
A PLAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS
AS STAGED AT THE KENNEDY
CENTER , THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, THE
DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA ,
THE NEW YORK MIDTOWN FESTIVAL, AND THE
UNIVERSAL THEATRE AND THE GREENBELT
ARTS CENTER
By
ANTHONY ERNEST GALLO
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
7:30 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, Ronnie
Hardcastle, Shirl Weaver, Ben Robles, David
Weaver, Bunty Ketcham, George Spencer, Beatrix Whitehall, Muriel Turner,
Annette Landers.
Wednesday,
November 19, 2014 7:30 PM
Questions and Reservations : Jenifer Weber jweber@arlingtonva.us 703-228 7320 Agallo2368@verion.net
202 544 6973 No charge or donation /Free indoor Parking.
Websites:
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