Name: International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024
Start: 2024-01-25T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is an overseas office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation dedicated to the promotion of the Italian culture in the United States.

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Theatrical reading of selected excerpts from the memoirs of three Italian women who survived imprisonment in concentration camps.

Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles invite you to a commemoration ceremony that will include a theatrical reading of selected excerpts from the memoirs of three Italian women who survived imprisonment in concentration camps. Selected readings performed by Dina Morrone, Kathie Barnes and Anne Leyden, with a musical accompaniment by pianist Peter Walsh. In Italian and English. A translation will be available for the parts in Italian. Program THERE IS A PLACE ON EARTH (C’è un posto sulla terra) by Giuliana Tedeschi, 1992Read by Kathie BarnesThe author recounts her experience in the Nazi concentration camp of Birkenau, in April of 1944, combining a discussion of the camp's destruction of the feminine personality with images that reaffirm her humanity in the face of abomination. SMOKE OVER BIRKENAU (Il fumo di Birkenau) Short stories by Liana Millu, 1947Read by Anne LeydenA collection of six stories, each centered on a different woman, imprisoned at Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II, a vast complex of barracks, gas chambers, and crematoriums about two miles from the older, smaller camp called Auschwitz I, near Kraków, Poland. LETTERE ALLA MADRE (Letter to my mother) by Edith Bruck, 2022Read by Dina MorroneBorn in Hungary, Edith Bruck settled in Rome in 1954 and is today the most prolific writer of Holocaust narrative in Italian. The book is composed in two parts. "Lettera alla madre"―an imaginary dialogue between Bruck and her mother, who died in Auschwitz― and "Tracce," a story of a journey without return. Bruck's experimental fusion of memoir and fiction portrays the Holocaust from a female perspective and highlights the role of gender in the creation of memory.

KATHIE BARNES works in TV, Film and Theater and was a series regular in the Warner Brothers online series Deception. She is Blessed to have been nominated for 2 Best Actress Awards for theatrical roles. Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker, her solo show, written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz, continues to be performed in Los Angeles and around the country, and most recently played the lead in Walking In Space, by Garry Kluger. ANNE LEYDEN is a producer, actor, singer and writer. In 2022 she made her Off-Broadway debut, associate producing Mark Wilding’s Our Man in Santiago at AMT theater, and formed, with Benjamin Scuglia, theatrical label Behind the Bar Productions. Most recently she co-produced Garden Of Allah, which she brought to LA from New York. It is currently nominated for several Robbie Awards, including best Solo Show. Anne has enjoyed a multi-decade career in the arts, performing in original works, children’s theater, classic titles, Shakespeare, musicals, cabaret, TV and film. Selected theatrical roles include: Edith in The Women, winning a (Steven Stanley) Scenie award and rave reviews for her efforts; Kate in Lloyd Schwartz’s Classic Couples Counseling; Lesley Caveny’s One Woman Gone Wrong; solo performer in Why Me; Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town; Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Bernadette Devlin in Freedom of the City; Solange in The Maids and Julie Cavendish in The Royal Family. Some favorite TV and web credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Gabriel’s Fire, Quantum Leap, Kaplan’s Korner, Serial Bill, Waiting for Moore. (SAG/AFTRA) Instagram/ Twitter: @anneleyden5 DINA MORRONE Valley Theatre Award winner, best solo show The Italian In Me, based on a meeting with Federico Fellini; runner-up, 2022 BroadwayWorld.com. Most recently co-produced her full length play Moose On The Loose which was awarded (Steven Stanley) Scenie Awards for one of the best comedies 2023 and best ensemble cast. Her new solo show My Uterus, a womb with a view, will be up on stage in March 2024. Editor/contributing writer for socially conscious lifestyle, The Eden Magazine, and interviewed the likes of Louis Gossett Jr, Blair Underwood, Gina Lollobrigida., to name a few. VO credits: Ferrari, Avatar, Pinocchio, Luca, Dune, The Bad Guys, The Morning Show, Video Game Starfield. etc. Previously produced: Moose On The Loose (also playwright), Sunday Night Solo Series, Portraits 2 Solo Shows, Solopalooza 2.022, etc. Dina says she is Italo/Calabro/Canadese but with roots from 500 years ago as a Marano Jew. She encourages all to watch feature films on the big screen and theatre LIVE on stage! <a href="http://www.dinamorrone.com" title="http://www.dinamorrone.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.dinamorrone.com</a>

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