FRED & FRIEDA Premiere!
The April 2010 production of FRED & FRIEDA at the Greenbelt Arts Center was a glorious success thanks to fabulous, sold-out audiences. Watch for news here on its next production.
Washington Informer - The Reluctant Warrior of Fred & Frieda
Beautiful Washington Information article by Malcolm Barnes about Black Holocaust liberator William S. Keyes and my new play. Check out the photos.
FRED & FRIEDA Performances
FRED & FRIEDA will premiere at the Greenbelt Arts Center on Thursday, April 15-18, 2010.
Show times are Thursday, April 15 at 10:00 am, Friday, April 16 at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 17 at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 pm.
The Thursday and Sunday matinees are sold out but unclaimed seats will be sold 10-15 minutes before the shos to the waitlist, so if you'd like to try your luck, please make a reservation at 301-441-8770 and come to the theater at your chosen performance.
We're also talking to two theaters about a future Washington, D.C. production. Please email us at nicole@nicolejburton.com if you'd like to hear about future performances of FRED & FRIEDA.
Show times are Thursday, April 15 at 10:00 am, Friday, April 16 at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 17 at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 pm.
The Thursday and Sunday matinees are sold out but unclaimed seats will be sold 10-15 minutes before the shos to the waitlist, so if you'd like to try your luck, please make a reservation at 301-441-8770 and come to the theater at your chosen performance.
We're also talking to two theaters about a future Washington, D.C. production. Please email us at nicole@nicolejburton.com if you'd like to hear about future performances of FRED & FRIEDA.
"Strange Fruit to the Nth Degree"
That's how Fred Cephas in FRED & FRIEDA describes what he saw at Orhdruf concentration camp on April 4, 1945, when his 761st Tank Battalion smashed through an electric fence. It was a scene so horrific that hardened combat soldiers fell to their knees and vomited.
We can't comprehend 42 million dead from Nazism, or 30 million dead from Stalinism, or 55 million dead from Maoism, but we can grasp the life of a single young girl saved. "You save a life, it's as if you've saved the whole world." (Talmud)
To tell this story, we focus on one liberator and one survivor, revealing their intertwined story in the presence of a son and a granddaughter. Stories untold are stillborn offspring but stories shared are fertile progenitors of peace.
FRED & FRIEDA, April 15-18, 2010. Reservations and information at Greenbelt Arts Center.
We can't comprehend 42 million dead from Nazism, or 30 million dead from Stalinism, or 55 million dead from Maoism, but we can grasp the life of a single young girl saved. "You save a life, it's as if you've saved the whole world." (Talmud)
To tell this story, we focus on one liberator and one survivor, revealing their intertwined story in the presence of a son and a granddaughter. Stories untold are stillborn offspring but stories shared are fertile progenitors of peace.
FRED & FRIEDA, April 15-18, 2010. Reservations and information at Greenbelt Arts Center.
