TALES OF THE ALCHEMYSTS THEATRE
Our Most Recent Production
Surviving Survival: Two Short Stories by Chava Rosenfarb
Fall 2025 Tour
A little red cap materializes into a child playing in the snow; smoke from memorial candles twists in the air revealing images of lost souls; scraps of detritus magically transform to enchanting toys. In these surreal tales, the ghosts of the past ebb and flow through the lives of Holocaust survivors as they struggle to adjust to life after devastating trauma. The short stories by renowned Polish Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz ghetto, have been newly translated into English by her daughter, Goldie Morgentaler. Evocative and unsettling, they explore the intricacies of memory, guilt, and the delicate balancing act of moving through pain to achieve stability. This production, by the Tales of the Alchemysts Theatre, weaves music, song and movement into a haunting staged reading.
Sponsored by Powell Family Foundation the Nancy E. Powell Division
PERFORMANCES THIS FALL
November 6 at 4:15 pm: Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at PLU, Tacoma
November 9 at 2 pm: Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island https://sjcc.org/event/tales-of-alchemysts-theatre-surviving-survival/
November 14 7:30 pm: West of Lenin Theater in Fremont https://click4tix.net/patrons/ticketDetails.html?_id=67
November 15 7:00 pm: Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy SW, Vashon Island https://www.vashonhavurah.org/
November 16 at 3 pm: Polish Home Association https://polishhome.org/
Tales of The Alchemysts Theatre is a Washington state nonprofit corporation and an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our Tax ID # 81-4396060.
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