Survivors, a play about the Holocaust and standing up to hate, weaves together the true, inspirational stories of 10 Holocaust survivors whose ordinary and joyful young lives were transformed by the Nazi regime. Illustrating the risk of normalizing hate, this uplifting work impels us to take lessons from the past and think about how we can create a safer, more inclusive community.
LIMITED RUN
IN-THEATER PERFORMANCES
⦁ Thursday, January 23, 7:30 p.m.
⦁ Friday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.
⦁ Sunday, January 26, 1 p.m.
We'll Bring Survivors to You
If your group would like to see Survivors, Six Points Theater will bring the play to you in January and February 2025. Appropriate for schools, churches and other groups, this 50-minute play will be followed by a Q & A and can be performed in any space such as a theater, gymnasium or a large room.
Please call us to book your performance at 651-647-4315.
by Wendy Kout
directed by Warren C. Bowles
Survivors Enrichment Guide:
Read about this time in history
Producers Circle
Jimmy and Stephanie Levine
Come to our Doorways Programs - They're free and open to the public
The programs are entertaining and educational and in conjunction with the current play on stage.
• THE RISE OF RACISM
Andrew Aoki, Augsburg University Professor, Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies and Political Science;
Duchess Harris, Macalester College Professor, American Studies; and Brad Lehrman, attorney.
Thursday, January 23, after the 7:30 p.m. performance
• STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide, in Special Consultative Status with the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2022.
Friday, January 24, after the 10:30 a.m. performance
• CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM
Rev. John Matthews, formerly of Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, MN, and Rabbi Barry Cytron, former
Macalester College Chaplain/Professor.
Sunday, January 26, after the 1 p.m. performance
CALL 651- 647-4315 FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT
CAST
Kevin Brown, Jr. (Arthur Herz, Henry Silberstern, and ensemble) is inspired by this project and thrilled to be back as Six Points Theater having debuted in Survivors (2024). He’s a local Twin Cities actor who’s performed at places such as History Theatre, Artistry, Capri and Ordway
Center for the Performing Arts. He received his BFA in Musical Theatre from University of Miami. Go Canes!
Zach Christensen (Kurt Weinbach, Erich Arndt, and ensemble) is excited to be making his Six Points Theater debut. THEATER - Guthrie Theater: Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V; Theater Latté Da: Falsettos, Scotland PA, Passion; Frank Theatre: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; Jackdonkey Productions: The Dumb Waiter (Minnesota Fringe Audience Choice Award), A Drug Play (STL Fringe Artistic Innovation Award), Far Away, Assassination of Ferdinand, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Zoo Story, Dock Work, Working Act; Flying Foot Forum: Shuffle Off to Split Rock; Theatre in The Round: Perfect Arrangement, A Murder is Announced, It Wasn’t Murder. TRAINING: BFA Acting, North Dakota State University. Artistic Director of
Jackdonkey Productions.
Eliana Meyerowitz (Ellen Lewinsky, and ensemble) is grateful to be making her Six Points Theater debut, especially with such a vital show to begin 2025. Eliana is a theater maker originally from South Florida and earned her BA in Theater from Oberlin College. In her six years in the Twin Cities, she has worked with: The Birth Play Project, ShakesQueer Ensemble, BARd Shakes, Zephyr Theatre, Smartmouth Comedy Co., The Wildwood Theatre, and several other companies in addition to collaborating with the local Jewish community in song and theater projects. Eliana is also a full time performing arts instructor at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Anya Naylor (Rosemarie Marianthal, Helen Przysuskier, and ensemble) is excited to be returning to Six Points Theater after making her debut in Survivors (2024). Credits - Guthrie Theater: A Christmas Carol, Troilus and Cressida; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Spiral Theater: Overtoun; UMN/Guthrie: Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow, Everybody, Antigone. Her training includes graduating magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program with distinction and the Ordway GreenRoom Fellowship. In addition to acting, Anya is also a props artisan and playwright. She would like to thank all the wonderful people in her life for supporting her.
Michael Quadrozzi (Carl Voldman, and ensemble) is excited to return to Six Points Theater having made his debut in Survivors (2024). You might have seen him recently in Thank You for Holding: The Caregiver Play Project with Wonderlust Productions, and as Charlie in On Golden Pond at Minnetonka Theatre. A Twin Cities actor for over 10 years, he has also performed with Yellow Tree Theatre, Zephyr Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, BARd Shakes, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, The National Theatre for Children, New Arab American Theater Works, and Wayward Theatre Company. Michael also acts in commercials and film and trains first responders in mental health crisis intervention. Thank you for supporting the vibrant Twin Cities performing arts community!
Charleigh Wolf (Evie Schuerman, Eva Vezer, and ensemble) is an actor, dancer, musician, lover, and artist from NYC. This is their first show at Six Points Theater. They have appeared in The Rocky Horror Show and Cabaret , Orthogonal Productions, Twelfth Night, Shakesqueer, and The Mai, Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre. They also play in local bands, including Poison Ivy And The People, for which they write all the music. Charleigh is passionate about breaking social norms and bikes. Training: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts; Interlochen Arts Academy; and The University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program.
PRODUCTION ARTISTS
Warren C. Bowles (Director) is back at Six Points Theater, having previously directed Survivors (2024), The People's Violin, The Last Schwartz, DAI (enough), The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Jericho and Photograph 51. As an actor, he appeared as Simon in Six Points Theater’s The Whipping Man. He’s had more than 50 years’ theater experience at Mixed Blood Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Ten Thousand Things Theater, and others. In 2016 he received an Ivey Award in recognition of directing The Tale of the Allergist's Wife at Six Points Theater, and in 2005, received a McKnight Fellowship for Theater Artists.
Eleanor Schanilec (Costume Design) is excited to return to Six Points Theater after designing Survivors (2024), Uncle Philip's Coat and Trayf. She’s designed or assistant designed costumes for Park Square Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Hamline University, Open Window Theatre, Sidekick Theatre, Nautilus Music-Theater, Shakespearean Youth Theatre and St. Paul Academy and Summit School. Eleanor has stitched and crafted costumes for Mixed Blood Theatre, Mixed Precipitation, and others. She’s a member and co-founder of The Costume Collective MN.
Todd M. Reemtsma (Lighting Design) is happy to return to Six Points Theater having previously worked on Just for Us, Torch Song, Survivors (2024), The Wanderers, Two Jews Walk Into A War... Chanukah in the Dark, The People's Violin, Operation: Immigration and Significant Other. He has designed lighting for American Repertory Theatre-Director’s Lab (Cambridge, MA), Gallery Players (Brooklyn, NY), and Footsteps Theater Company (Chicago, IL), as well as St. Croix Festival Theatre (St. Croix Falls, WI), for Man of La Mancha, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Anita Kelling (Sound Design) returns to Six Points Theater where she has designed over 20 productions. She most recently worked on Just for Us, Torch Song, and Survivors (2024). She has also designed for Park Square Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Girl Friday Productions, Prime Productions, Theater Mu, Walking Shadow Theatre Company, Yellow Tree Theatre, Stage North Theatre Company, Freshwater Theatre, Theatre in the Round, 20% Theatre Company, The Chameleon Theatre Circle, Normandale Community College, and SteppingStone Theatre. Anita holds a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota.
Rick Polenek (Properties Design) returns to Six Points having previously designed props for Survivors (2024), Sisters in Law, Two Jews Walk Into A War…, Shul and The Whipping Man, and scenery for Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Chanukah in the Dark and The Wanderers. Rick has been active in the Twin Cities’ theater and design communities for over 50 years as a scenic designer, exhibition designer, commercial art director and college instructor. Recent projects include Mauritius for Stage North Theatre Company and Anastasia for Concordia University.
Scott Gilbert (Stage Manager) returns to Six Points Theater having worked on Survivors (2024), Uncle Philip's Coat and Two Jews Walk Into A War... Raised in Arizona, he moved to the Twin Cities over 25 years ago and calls it home. He’s been active in the local theater scene for decades and has stage managed, designed, produced, directed and even acted for numerous local theaters including Theatre in the Round and his own company, Segue Productions.
Becca Kravchenko (Assistant Stage Manager) returns to Six Points Theater after working on Just for Us, Torch Song, Survivors (2024), and Sisters in Law. She has taken on multiple roles in the Twin Cities theater community including that of carpenter, electrician, and stagehand. Some of the companies she has worked with in the past include Park Square Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Theater Mu, Guthrie Theater, and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Augsburg University.
Wendy Kout (Playwright) is an award-winning writer/producer of stage, film, television and virtual screen, whose work has been appreciated around the world. Wendy was commissioned to write SURVIVORS in 2017 by Ralph Meranto, Artistic Producing Director of CenterStage Theatre in Rochester, NY. Wendy is honored to have SURVIVORS produced by Barbara Brooks and directed by Warren C. Bowles at Six Points Theater. This Holocaust and tolerance teaching play now has five independent touring productions in the U.S. and Canada, including the West Coast tour which Wendy is co-producing. The world premiere of Wendy's We Are the Levinsons was produced by Six Points Theater and won BroadwayWorld Regional Awards for Best Play and Best Ensemble. In film, she co-wrote and co-produced Jacob the Baker and wrote the festival award-winning Dorfman in Love, starring Elliott Gould. Both are streaming on Amazon and other platforms. In television, Wendy created and co-executive produced the ABC hit comedy, Anything But Love, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and the late, great Richard Lewis. She lives in Santa Barbara, California with her husband and favorite male writer Dennis Koenig.
LOCATION
Highland Park Community Center
1978 Ford Parkway St. Paul, MN, 55116
Free and easy parking
