The producers of Irena's Vow have generously donated a limited number of tickets for this rare opportunity to see the opening night for Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 PM at The Walter Kerr Theatre to benefit The Actors Fund.
Ticket prices are $98.00. To purchase tickets please call The Actors Fund at 212-221-7300 ext. 133 or visit www.actorsfund.org.
Four-time Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh has returned to the New York stage in Irena's Vow, a new play by Dan Gordon, now running at The Walter Kerr Theatre. The new drama marks Ms. Feldshuh's first New York stage appearance since her triumphant (and Tony Award-nominated) turn in Golda's Balcony (Broadway's longest-running one-woman show). Michael Parva directs.
Featuring a cast of ten, Irena's Vow is a riveting, life affirming story about one of wartime's most courageous and unsung heroines. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Irena Gut Opdyke was forced to work as head housekeeper for a very prominent Nazi major. Over a two year period of service, Irena would be confronted with the choice to protect twelve Jewish refugees who secretly fell under her care. This is the extraordinary true story of one woman's choice and the twelve lives that would live or die by her decision.
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