raoul wallenberg - letters from young men

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Raoul Wallenberg: Letters From Young MenA solo performance by David F. Chapman

The overlaps are unmistakable. Raoul was born 70 years before me,

100 years ago next August. When Raoul was 18, he moved to theMidwest for college. When I was 18, I moved from the Midwest to

attend college in North Carolina. When Raoul was in his late twenties,

he started making trips to Hungary. When I was 22, I also went to

Hungary, where my grandmother was born (but who had already left

for America before he could have possibly met her). In Hungary, I

rented an apartment in a beautiful building that had a courtyard with an

enormous tree that reached up higher than my sixth floor balcony. The

address? Number 2, Raoul Wallenberg Street...


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International Arts Consulting and [email protected]/+33669654488

Raou l W a l l e n be rg : L e t t e r s f r om Y oun g Me n is a performance that combines theater,memoir, and history. Interweaving selections from a recently published archive of Wallenbergs

letters and the authors own childhood diaries, Letters from Young Men humanizes the myth of

the Holocaust hero and challenges us to live our own lives with greater purpose.

Letters from Young Men was originally commissioned by the Swedish American Museum in

Chicago (Karin Abercrombie, Executive Director), with additional support by the American

Jewish Artists Club (Bob Fields, President). The play was first performanced at the Swedish

American Museum on August 11, 2011.

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David F. Chapman is a director, writer and performer based in NewYork City. He has worked around the US as well as in Hungary,

Vietnam, France, the UK, Canada, and Cambodia. As a solo

performer, he has created four shows, including The Bisexual

Alphabet (Camden People's Theatre - London, Edinburgh and

Montreal Fringe Festivals), Quintessential Hamlet (Shakespeare and

Philosophy Conference, Budapest), and Raoul Wallenberg: Letters to

Young Men (Swedish American Museum of Chicago).

As a director, his work has been seen around New York in venues

such as 59E59, Theatre Row, the Kraine, Cherry Lane Studio,FringeNYC, Ars Nova, and the Lark. He has also directed at the Ho

Chi Minh City College of Stage and Cinema and at London's Old Vic

Theatre as part of the TS Eliot Exhange. He has also assistant

directed extensively on and off-Broadway and regionally.

David's writing has appeared in publications by the Hungarian Fulbright Commission, the

International Theatre Institute, and elsewhere. He is a member of the Civilians R&D group,

DirectorsLabChicago, Studio 42, and Old Vic / New Voices. He has received awards,

commissions and grants from the American Jewish Artists Club, the Burch Foundation, the Asia

Foundation, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. He has received the Jonathan Alper

Directing Fellowship, the Drama League Fellowship, a Henry Luce Scholarship to Vietnam, and a

Fulbright Scholarship to Hungary. He graduated with Highest Honors from the University ofNorth Carolina.


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International Arts Consulting and Exchangewww.up-up-away.org

[email protected] / +33669654488

Language: English

Length: 50 minutes + Q&A

Themes: Heroism, Righteous Gentiles, Living History, Resistance Movements, Humanitarianism,Courage, Justice, Self-Sacrifice, etc.

Technical Requirements: A podium, lectern, or a desk with a chair Sound amplification (depending on the size of performance space) The performance has an optional video component. If possible, the ability to project still

images is useful. In this case, the performer needs to be able to control the projector via

laptop or remote control

Contact and booking:Eglantine de Boissieu : [email protected] / +33669654488


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