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Directed by Jessica Brater Dramaturgy by Miriam Felton-Dansky Produced by Stacey Cooper McMath and Catherine Wallach Stage Manager Elizabeth Emmons Conceived and adapted by Jessica Brater and Miriam Felton-Dansky from text by Charlotte Salomon, with additional writing by Jacob Burstein-Stern, Elizabeth Emmons, Andrew Gilchrist, Avi Glickstein, and Katya Schapiro. Cast: Jacob Burstein-Stern, Samantha Debicki, Andrew Gilchrist, Avi Glickstein, Rebekah Mindel, Elaine O'Brien, Molly Parker-Meyers, Katya Schapiro, Lisette Marie Silva, Ari Vigoda Lighting Design by Marnie Cumings and Natalie Robin Set Design by Kanae Heike Costume Design by Karen Flood Original Music by Jason Binnick Charlotte Salomon was a Jewish artist who was born in Berlin and escaped to the south of France during the Second World War. While in exile she created 1,300 paintings over the course of two years, depicting her family's history, her sheltered and highly cultured girlhood during the rise of the Nazi regime, her development into an artist, and her troubled love for her stepmother's vocal coach. Polybe + Seats has been working on The Charlotte Salomon Project since the winter of 2005. The company has shown works-in-progress at The Tank, The Voice & Vision ENVISION Retreat for Women Theater Artists, The Red Room, and Brooklyn Fire Proof, and as part of Mabou Mines/Suite. The Charlotte Salomon Project was developed collaboratively and features the work of several playwrights, a composer, a highly creative design team, and a company of talented and adventurous actors. Polybe + Seats Artistic Director Jessica Brater is leading the cast and creative team through experimentation with texts, visual elements, and music, devising new methods of bringing the paintings to life. With the support of the Charlotte Salomon Foundation, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Mabou Mines, and Brooklyn Fire Proof, we have created the biggest and most fully-realized production in Polybe + Seats' five year history.After a fall 2006 residency as part of Mabou Mines/Suite, Polybe + Seats presented a workshop at Mabou Mines followed by a three-week run at Brooklyn Fire Proof, in Williamsburg in November 2006. In April of 2007, The Charlotte Salomon Project travelled to Ann Arbor to perform at the University of Michigan as part of the inaugural season of the Walgreen Drama Center.
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