“If I should not survive, how I die will show me who I really am.”
The one-woman play Etty, adapted and performed by Susan Stein and directed by Austin Pendleton, returns to Carnegie Stage as an Off the Wall presentation next month.
Nominated for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award, the play tells the story of a Etty Hillesum. Few people may know her name, but her story challenges us to confront our own complicity in a world where genocide continues today. Etty Hillesum writes the life she is living – her loves, her work, her wry sense of humor, her deep sensuality and the moment in history. She offers a new form of resistance, as she faces the truth of her circumstances and refuses to lose what she loves in life, determined to live life with fierce passion.
Etty, told in Hillesum’s own words, opens us to the moment of her becoming, just as the world around her is coming undone. The second act asks the audience to join the conversation, fostering dialogue on human rights, resistance, and personal responsibility.
“Stein’s spot-on performance clearly honors both her subject and anyone who has died at hatred’s hands,” raved the Philadelphia Inquirer
“Susan Stein’s performance, under the direction of noted actor and director Austin Pendleton, is impeccable . . . one can’t help but believe that she is Etty,” wrote Diana Barth in the Epoch Times.
Etty at Carnegie Stage has student performances on April 20 and 21, 2023, at 10 a.m, public performances on April 21 and 22 at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinee on April 23 at 3 p.m. Tickets and info: www.ettyproject.org www.insideoffthewall.com and www.carnegiestage.com
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