Letters from Prague
Letters from Prague
ABOUT THE SHOW
In 1939 Prague, a Jewish couple and their three young children sought to escape the Nazi occupation. They offered to trade a Nazi officer their apartment in exchange for five exit visas. On the day of the exchange, the Nazi arrived with only three visas. In 1988 Chicago, the descendants found a box of letters. Written between those who escaped and those who were left behind, the letters intimately relate the story in a first-person, contemporaneous narrative.
CAST
Anne Gottlieb
Anne Gottlieb, actor, writer, collaborative artist and teacher, has performed in numerous productions and most recently, Witness, The Seagull with Arlekin Theatre. She is the recipient of the Elliot Norton and IRNE awards for productions of Frankie and Johnny, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play),Betrayal, and Antony and Cleopatra. Anne is one of the creators of The Wrestling Patient which was co-produced in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Speakeasy Stage, a play based on the life and letters of Dutch Jewish writer, Etty Hillesum. She is currently writing two new works for the stage and co-adapting Elizabeth Goudge’s The Dean’s Watch for the screen. Anne teaches the Michael Chekhov work internationally.
Rebecca Lehrhoff
Rebecca Lehrhoff is a visual, performing, and teaching artist whose work ranges from acting, devising and dance to scenic design, art installation and mural painting. Rebecca was part of the original devising cast of A Story Beyond, but stepped out of the cast to have ababy! A LAB artistic associate, Rebecca’s company credits include: Who Would Be King, Yellow Bird Chase, Irresistible, and Interference. Other performance credit include: The Weird (Off The Grid Theater Company), Winter Panto 2018: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Winter Panto 2017: The Princess & The Pea (Imaginary Beasts), Beowulf, King Arthur (Poets’ Theatre), Sacred Spaces Redux (Exchange Artists), Enigma Variations (Flat Earth Theater), Beck: Song Reader (Chimera Lab Dance Theater). Select scenic design credits include: Winter Panto 2018: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Imaginary Beasts), How Soft the Lining (Bad Habit Productions), The Farnsworth Invention (Flat Earth Theater- IRNE Award- Best Fringe Show), Penny Penniworth: A Tale Of Great Good Fortune, Polish Joke (Titanic Theater Company), From the Sea to Somewhere Else (Flotsam Productions), Chalk (Fresh Ink Theater). Rebecca holds a MFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University and a BS in theater from Skidmore College.
Matthew Zahnzinger
Matthew Zahnzinger is delighted to make his Liars & Believers debut. A Brockton native, Matthew’s credits include work with Moonbox Productions (Twelfth Night; The 39 Steps – IRNE, Best Supporting Actor & Best Ensemble; Amadeus – IRNE, Best Actor; The Importance of Being Earnest; A New Brain; Floyd Collins; Lucky Stiff), the Nora Theatre (Midvale…Fiftieth Reunion, Arcadia – IRNE Nom, Best Supporting Actor), Lyric Stage (Company), Reagle Music Theatre (Crazy for You – IRNE Nom, Best Supporting Actor), Titanic Theatre (The Polish Joke – IRNE, Best Supporting Actor), Wheelock Family Theatre, Umbrella Stage Company, Bridge Repertory, Flat Earth Theatre, and Theater UnCorked, as well as the Peterborough Players (NH) and Lost Nation Theatre (VT). He is a contributing voiceover artist with the Penumbra Podcast and the Colonial Radio Theatre, and has also been a featured guest on The Cryptonaturalist. A graduate of Northeastern University (B.A. – Theatre and English), Matthew also studied at the Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin, Ireland). @MatthewOfBoston
SPONSORS
Letters from Prague is generously supported by funds from the Culture Initiative and by Facing History and Ourselves. It is supported by the Jewish Arts Collaborative and Gann Academy. This project is supported by a grant from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Arts & Culture Community Impact Grant Fund.
