And Then They Came for Me

Remembering the World

of Anne Frank

by James Still

Directed by Susan Kerner

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And Then They Came for Me is a unique theatrical experience: a multimedia play that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during World War II. Ed was Anne Frank's first boyfriend, and she wrote about him in the beginning of her now-famous diary. Eva Schloss was the same age as Anne Frank and lived in the same apartment building in Amsterdam. Her family went into hiding the same day as the Frank family. And like the Frank family, they were betrayed. On Eva's 15th birthday, her family was arrested by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps. Eva and her mother survived, and after the war her mother married Otto Frank (Anne's father). 

Part oral history, part dramatic action, part direct address, part remembrance, the ensemble-driven And Then They Came for Me breaks new ground and has been acclaimed by audiences and critics in world-wide productions.

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Eva Schloss, herself, flew in from London, England to attend performances and participate in a talkback with the audience.

 

November 15-19, 2016 at Jersey City Theater Center

November 20-21, 2016 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage 

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**And Then They Came For Me is now embarking on an educational tour. Please contact us if you would like to bring this relevant & important story to your school!**