The Children’s Republic (2011)

Produced by

Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company and Tarragon Theatre

Playwright: Hannah Moscovitch
Director: Alisa Palmer

Venue

Tarragon Theatre – Mainspace

Previews

November 8 - 16, 2011

Run

November 16th, 2011 – December 18th, 2011

Synopsis

Dr. Janusz Korczak, revolutionary champion of children and signatory to the League of Nations’ Declaration of the Rights of the Child, meets his match in a defiant boy named Israel. When war threatens the children in Korczak’s Warsaw orphanage, it is Israel who comes to the rescue. In the face of looming catastrophe, Israel gives his teacher the greatest gift of all: courage. (tarragontheatre.com)

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Cast

Emma Burke-Kleinman	Sara
Katie France Cohen	Mettye
Mark Correia	Israel
Kelli Fox	Stefa
Peter Hutt	Janusz Korczak
Amy Rutherford	Madame Singer
Elliott Larson	Misha

Creative Team

Hannah Moscovitch	Playwright
Alisa Palmer	Director
Camellia Koo	Set Designer
Camellia Koo	Costume Designer
Kimberly Purtell	Lighting Designer
John Gzowski	Composer
John Gzowski	Sound Designer
John Stead	Fight Director
Kristina Nicoll	Assistant Director

Production

Diane Konkin	Stage Manager
Meghan Speakman	Apprentice Stage Manager
Nick Hutcheson	Script Supervisor
Joann Quigg	Child Supervisor
Kristina Nicoll	Young Artist Casting
Cylla von Tiedemann	Photographer
Nick Rose	Assistant Head Carpenter
Vanessa Janiszewski	Props Assistant
Lindsay Woelfle	Carpenter
Wade Noble	Carpenter
Abby Swain	Carpenter
Sharon Ryman	Wigs
Rebecca Vandevelde	Electrician
David DeGrow	Electrician
Verne Good	Electrician
Tim Lindsay	Electrician
Nick Davidson	Electrician

Staff

Sarah “Pip” Bradford	Mainspace Technician
Danielle Demeny	Head Scenic Artist
Tom Baranski	Head Carpenter
Michelle Bailey	Head of Wardrobe
Eleanor Antoncic	Interim Production Manager
Paul Fujimoto-Pihl	Technical Director
Lokki Ma	Head of Properties

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