Camp: New Play Reading

Shortlisted for the 2021 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, Camp juxtaposes two 15-year-old girls’ experiences—Lila at Jewish sleepover camp and Greta- in a concentration camp. This research-informed play explores themes of womanhood, trauma, sisterhood and resilience.

Please note that this play explores sensitive subject matter pertaining to lived experiences of a young woman in a concentration camp during the Holocaust including references to sexual violence. This play is suitable for audience members ages 12 and up, though parents and guardians should exercise their discretion.

Playwright Naomi Tessler

Dramaturg Alysse Rich

Director Jessica Greenberg

Performed by Naomi Tessler and Julie Tepperman

Presented by The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre with The Koffler Centre for the Arts and Branch Out Theatre. Generously supported by the UJA Kultura Collective.

Sunday October 22

Exhibition Tour of The Synagogue at Babyn Yar: Turning the Nightmare of Evil into a Shared Dream

4:00 – 4:45 pm

Followed by Camp Artist Talk 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Koffler Gallery, 180 Shaw Street

FREE – Advance registration required 

Sunday October 29

Reading 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Followed by a Healing Ancestral Lines Workshop 3:30-5pm

Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave

$18, $10 for arts and not-for-profit workers

www.mnjcc.org/theatre to purchase or call 416-924-6211 x0