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Play: I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Venue: Warm Hearth Village Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: $5.00

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Description:
New River Stage presents the play "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Warm Hearth Village Center with performances at 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" is a WWII era one-act play by Celeste Raspanti. The play centers on Raja, one of the children who survived Terezin, and her family and friends. Through poetry and stories Raja shares what life was like in the camp. The struggles and pain come to life with our cast's embodiment of these poignant historical characters.

During World War II the Gestapo used Terezin, better known by the German name Theresienstadt, as a ghetto. The majority of the Jews sent were scholars, professionals, artists and musicians. Inmates were encouraged to lead creative lives, and concerts were even held. Within the camp, parks, grassy areas and flower beds, concert venues and statues were installed to hide the truth; that most of the inmates were going to be killed. This was all part of a Nazi plot to deceive International Red Cross inspectors into believing that Jews were being treated humanely.

This facade masked the fact that of the 144,000 Jews were sent there, about 33,000 died, mostly because of the appalling conditions (hunger, stress, disease, and an epidemic of typhus at the very end of the war). About 88,000 were deported to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. At the end of the war there were only 17,247 survivors. (Wikipedia)

Tickets are $5.00 per person.

This is a Spring 2019 youth workshop community outreach project.

The play is a historical drama that runs 45 minutes long and is suitable for ages 10 and up.

The Warm Hearth Village Center is located at 2387 Warm Hearth Drive at Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/jz580nK.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://www.newriverstage.org/home.html or https://www.facebook.com/NewRiverStage/ or call 540-585-4295 or email newriverstageinfo@gmail.com.