Witness at the Arlekin Theater

Date: December 10, 2021 - January 23, 2022

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Join us on Sunday, January 23 at 5pm ET for a special post-show talkback moderated by Dr. Barbara Wallace Grossman Co-presented by Jewish Arts Collaborative and The Vilna Shul

The Vilna is pleased to collaborate with the Arlekin Theater and a host of wonderful organizations to promote WITNESS, an original play performed virtually between December 10 - January 23. We hope you will participate in this special event. 

Where do unwanted people go?

​WITNESS, the latest project from Arlekin's Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab, is a new documentary theater piece about Jewish immigration in the face of antisemitism.  WITNESS brings actors and audience together from around the world for a shared immersive experience set on a boat in digital space.  The piece is inspired by the journey of the MS St. Louis, which left Hamburg in 1939 with over 900 Jewish people on board and headed to Cuba only to be turned away, leaving the passengers stranded with nowhere to go and no escape. WITNESS shares stories of Jewish immigrants from around the globe through an interactive virtual theater experience at the nexus of film, theater and video games.

A new virtual theater piece

  • Written by Nana Grinstein with Blair Cadden & Igor Golyak
  • Conceived and directed by Igor Golyak 
  • Scenography & Costume Design by Anna Fedorova
  • Produced by Sara Stackhouse
  • Featuring the Arlekin Acting Company

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