Vilna: A Resistance Story
Sunday, February 25, 2024
2:00pm
The Ebell of Los Angeles
743 South Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90005
General Admission Ticket: $25
Writers Bloc, the Holocaust Museum LA, and the Ebell of Los Angeles present VILNA: A RESISTANCE STORY, a concert event of new music.
We thank the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Los Angeles for their support.
WE REQUEST THAT YOU WEAR A MASK AT THE EVENT.
In this concert event, you’ll meet characters based on the young artists of the bohemian city of Vilna, who, in the face of being confined to the ghetto, form a secret brigade and find creative ways to resist. Led by a rebellious teenage girl and a young poet, the partisans escape the Nazis in the nick of time to the forest, where they take up arms and eventually reclaim their beloved city. Through the power of music, their revolutionary spirit lives on.
With an uplifting klezmer-influenced pop score by composer/lyricist Kevin Cloud, VILNA: A RESISTANCE STORY is inspired by real-life Jewish heroes Vitka Kempner, Abba Kovner, Hirsh Glick, and Avram Sutzkever. This is a story that needs to be told—and heard!
This hour-long special performance will consist of a selection of 16 songs with the actors accompanied by piano. Q&A to follow.
Music and Lyrics: Kevin Cloud
Book: Lisa Kenner Grissom
Additional Story: Allison Cloud
Parking available in adjacent lots or there is street parking (please read signs).
