ON STAGE
OUR CLASS
October 10 - November 4
by Tadeusz Słobodzianek
English version by Ryan Craig
Directed by Derek Goldman
Dramaturgy by Stephen Spotswood
Designed by James Bigbee Garver,Joe Isenberg, Emma Crane Jaster, Misha Kachman, Eric Shimelonis, Ivania Stack, Samina Vieth and Daniel MacLean Wagner
Featuring Tim Getman, Heather Haney, Laura C. Harris, Ashley Ivey, Dana Levanovsky, Mark Krawczyk, Joshua Morgan, Sasha Olinick, Alexander Strain and Harlan Work
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"Exceptional cast...remarkably breathless focus and intensity from start to finish" - Washington City Paper
“Fascinating…startling…astonishing” - Washington Post
"Derek Goldman has assembled what is surely one of the best ensembles of the year, and the play stands as a heartbreaking testament to both the powers and failures of the human spirit." - MD Theatre Guide
"A visceral production of Slobodzianek's expansive, episodic script" - Washington Jewish Week
"Compelling and emotional to its core" - Broadway World
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Starting in 1926 and spanning 80 years, moving between Poland and America, this epic play has profoundly affected audiences and critics since its premiere at London’s National Theatre. As ten Polish classmates – five Catholic, five Jewish – grow up, their lives take dramatically unexpected turns as their country is torn apart by invading armies, first Soviet, then German, then Soviet again. Friend betrays friend and violence quickly escalates, reaching a crescendo that will forever haunt the survivors.
The production contains violence and mature themes
Based on true events in the Polish town of Jedwabne and inspired in part by Jan Gross’s controversial book "Neighbors," this play received raves for its American premiere last season at Philadelphia's Wilma Theatre.
These donors have provided generous support for OUR CLASS:
The Family of H. Max and Josephine F. Ammerman,
and Andrew Ammerman
The Bralove Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Lois & Michael Fingerhut
Carolyn & Warren Kaplan
Al Munzer & Joel Wind
Patti & Jerry Sowalsky
The Robert H. and Jane L. Weiner Cultural Arts Fund at the DCJCC
