L.A. Theatre Works to Bring JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG to DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

As America commemorates the 75th anniversary of World War II, L.A. Theatre Works brings history to life at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center with Judgment at Nuremberg.

"Judgment at Nuremberg is a compelling reminder of the destruction created by hatred and intolerance, and the price we pay for lapses of those who sacrifice principles as they blindly follow the actions of a deranged dictator," said L.A. Theatre Works Producing Director Susan Loewenberg, "It is a sad commentary that so much of the Nuremberg story still resonates today."

Originally a television drama on the venerable 'Playhouse 90,' the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg earned rave reviews and numerous Academy Awards, including one for Abby Mann's Best Adapted Screenplay. He later transformed the story into a work for the stage, which opened on Broadway in 2001 to great critical acclaim.

On Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m., L.A. Theatre Works will bring Mann's work to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Veteran actor John Vickery, who created the role of 'Scar' in The Lion King on Broadway, leads a top-notch cast that includes Ron Bottitta (Mad Max: Fury Road), JosH Clark (McFarland, USA), Jeff Gardner, Kip Gilman (Parker), Shannon Holt, Dylan Jones, and Matthew Floyd Miller (Hand of God). Brian Kite, Chair of the Department of Theater at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, directs.

Prior to the performance, scholars Douglass Cassel, Notre Dame Presidential Fellow and Professor of Law, and Stefanie Fischer, a researcher at the center for Jewish Studies at Potsdam University, will discuss the past and contemporary significance of the Nuremberg trials. Among the subjects to be addressed is the enormous influence the Nuremberg Trials had on the development of subsequent human rights protections throughout the world, and the largely overlooked participation of Jewish organizations and the Jewish press in the process. Sean O'Brien, Assistant Director of The Center for Civil and Human Rights, will moderate the conversation.

The L.A. Theatre Works performance was made possible by Rick and Peg McFeeley Golden and is co-presented by the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Regular tickets are $30. Child/student tickets are $15. Active/Retired Military tickets are $27. Visit performingarts.nd.edu/newseason for more information or call the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at (574) 631-2800 Monday-Friday, noon-6 p.m.

L.A. Theatre Works is a non-profit media arts organization whose mission is to present, preserve, and disseminate classic and contemporary plays. Its recorded library of over 500 works includes everything from Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, and Oscar Wilde to modern Tony winners. Through our national outreach programs, L.A. Theatre Works supports the arts and humanities in the classroom and access to the arts for the general public. Find out more at www.latw.org.

Since opening in September 2004, the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center has become an integral part of the University's vision and commitment to becoming a preeminent research university. It is the University's leading presenter of world-class artistic programming, one with an institutional focus on contemporary works. As an academic space, the center enhances the scholarship, teaching and practice of the performing and cinematic arts. As a community space, the center welcomes more than 100,000 patrons annually, including thousands of K-12 students in education and related artistic programs. Presenting Series and Browning Cinema programs are curated to increase the center's capacity to educate, enlighten and engage. Find out more at performingarts.nd.edu.

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