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The Survivor

Full-Length Play  /  3w, 9m

Jack Eisner, Susan Nanus

Based on the memoirs of Jack Eisner

"Ranks with The Diary of Anne Frank as the most extraordinary and devastating Holocaust themed play."- Tolucan Times

"There won't be a dry eye in the house."- Journal of Greater Los Angeles

"A riveting, inspiring …

The Survivor

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    3w, 9m

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This gripping drama takes place in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. A group of determined teenagers organize to resist the Nazis. They begin by smuggling food into the ghetto. Eventually they form the nucleus of the Warsaw uprising. These heroic young people make a pact: if anyone survives their dreadful ordeal, he or she will tell the story of what happened to them. There was only one survivor and this is the story he told.
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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"Ranks with The Diary of Anne Frank as the most extraordinary and devastating Holocaust themed play.- Tolucan Times

"There won't be a dry eye in the house."-Journal of Greater Los Angeles

"A riveting, inspiring tale."- Backstage

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Jack Eisner

Jack Eisner
Jack P. Eisner immigrated to New York City in 1949 and spent nearly three decades building his Stafford Industries into a $50-million business. In 1978, Eisner sold his Manhattan-based company and started a new life's work -- telling about his traumatic youth. He founded and ...
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Susan Nanus

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