In Spite Of Everything

by Zoe Senese-Grossberg

Krakow, February, 1945: Maja, Reina, Henryk, Isaak, and Gittel have just survived the Holocaust and are all each other has left in the entire world but each can’t stop worrying that the others were maybe hanging out without them in Auschwitz. A play about how life always finds a way- but finds a way to do what?

Krakow, February, 1945: Maja, Reina, Henryk, Isaak, and Gittel have just survived the Holocaust and are all each other has left in the entire world but each can’t stop worrying that the others were maybe hanging out without them in Auschwitz. A play about how life always finds a way- but finds a way to do what?

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  • Emma Skinner: In Spite Of Everything by Zoe Senese-Grossberg
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    Biting, brutal, and darkly funny, "In Spite Of Everything" doesn't miss a beat as it peels open the terrible intricacies of friendships amidst world-shattering events. A keenly incisive and well-written play.

    Biting, brutal, and darkly funny, "In Spite Of Everything" doesn't miss a beat as it peels open the terrible intricacies of friendships amidst world-shattering events. A keenly incisive and well-written play.

    ”

Character Information

  • Maja
    early 20s, Polish communist, had a miscarriage in the camps
  • Reina
    early 20s, Polish Jew, Maja's best friend
  • Henryk
    early 20s, Polish gay man, was in love with a guard
  • Isaak
    early 20s, Polish Jewish gay man, was prostituting himself to the guards
  • Gittel
    early 20s, Polish Jew, thinks everyone is hanging out without her