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Follow on Google News | Adelphi University Alumna to Direct Charlotte Delbo’s Who Will Carry the Word?The characters in Who Will Carry the Word? struggle with their personal fears, concerns, and ultimately their hopes for future generations.
By: Kali Chan The characters in Who Will Carry the Word? struggle with their personal fears, concerns, and ultimately their hopes for future generations. Ms. Gail’s intimate production focuses on how to accurately tell this story and how to engage the audience. By removing the fourth wall and including the audience into the world of the play, she hopes they can begin to form their own opinions on the subject matter. When asked if this play is timeless, Andrea Gail said that, “The hope and need for change is timeless, but this story is not timeless, it is time sensitive.” Although the given circumstances of these women place them in a Nazi death camp, the ideas and issues discussed are still relevant to what [has been] and what continues to happen in the world. Ms. Gail stated, “This show isn’t just about World War II. It reflects the current climate of the world, from genocide in Rwanda, to the “ethnic cleansing” of Muslims over the course of three years in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.” Ms. Gail is a Chicago native and the co-Founder of Candentia Theatre Company. She received her B.F.A. in theatre at Adelphi University, an M.A. in directing from the E15 Drama School at the University of Essex in London, and has also taken master classes at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. Recent credits include the Inaugural Spark Project, Sarah Kane’s Crave and Adam Rapp’s Animals and Plants. This event is co-sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County whose mission for 20 years has been to teach the history of the Holocaust and its lessons through education and community outreach. Individual tickets for this event are on sale now and will be available at the door for $15, $12, $10, or $7 depending on seating. To learn more about AUPAC’s season, please visit aupac.adelphi.edu or call The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000. # # # About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 41 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship. End
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