PERFORMANCE: An Evening with Madame F
Claudia Stevens
Monday, April 24 / 8:00 PM
Hatlen Theatre
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The inaugural Event for UCSB Holocaust Remembrance Week and Commemoration of Yom Ha’Shoah, An Evening with Madame F explores the haunting dilemma faced by Fania Fenelon and other Jewish musicians confined to the concentration camps during World War II. By playing for their captors, Fania and other members of an all-female orchestra in the Auschwitz death camp earned a better chance at survival, but were also accused of treason by fellow prisoners. Written and directed by pianist/singer/actress Claudia Stevens, this critically-acclaimed musical and dramatic performance has been the centerpiece of Holocaust observances in more than 100 communities across the country.

Sponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a program of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; UCSB Arts & Lectures; Department of Religious Studies; Congregation B’nai B’rith; Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Hillel.

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