My Name is Rachel Corrie at The Secret Theatre

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Everyone must feel safe. Safe to be themselves, physically safe, safe to say what they think, just safe.

Hope. Courage. Curiosity. Fear. Disappointment. Disbelief. Rage. Love. Only a few of the many emotions coloring the last months of an unusual American girls life.

In 2003, the 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was lead to Palestine by her profound sense of justice and empathy. She was an innate activist, human rights fighter and an outspoken peace seeker.Some say she was fearless, and humane. Others claim that she was simply reckless and a trouble-maker. Yet her story is not really about tunnels, politics and weapon-smuggling. She wanted to use her voice to raise questions and prevent walls being built, while she eventually discovered the real world and herself.By her writings she opens a window to the world of everyday people forced to live in warzones, constantly in the fragile territory between life and death. And who without their notion become heroes by caring, sharing and understanding. On both sides of the border. Rachel saw the beauty of simplicity in times when we all tend to forget about it.

On the night of March 16th, 2003 9 people were killed in the Gaza Strip. One of them was Rachel Corrie.


A solo act performed by Stephanie J Prevo
Directed by Dora Endre

Stephanie June is a German actor, singer and vocal coach. She studied Musical Theatre and Vocal Pedagogy at the Institute for Music in Osnabrck, Germany and Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.She has been active on stage and in front of the camera for multiple years and has embodied characters like Charlotte in Baby Talk by Lund/Zaufke, Nellie in Jekyll&Hyde by Wildhorn/Bricusse or Mrs Thistletwat in Avenue Q by Lopez/Marx and Helena in A Midsummer Nights Dream by Shakespeare.Stephanie feels a strong connection to the character of Rachel Corrie and is therefore delighted to be able to perform Corries work on stage.



Dora Endre is a Hungarian screenwriter, director and actor. She studied Media and Diplomacy at the Metropolitan University, Budapest, where she became fluent in three foreign languages. She continued with her acting and filmmaking studies at the NYFA in New York and Florence, and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.Her scripts earned international attention through the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition in San Jos (short movie: Sonata for the White Marble Statue Who Decided to Go for a Walk), the London Independent Film Awards (short movie: Blind Passers), the New York Film and Television Festival (Chimera). Her other works included short movies, and music videos. She is currently in pre-production for her newest project. Lately, she has directed her first play in New York, a Marshall Hall Productions; The Mother**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Dora is excited to direct My Name Is Rachel Corrie since she believes that Rachel Corries passion and sheer humanity must be remembered as a great example - especially in a contemporary time reference.

Authors

• Alan Rickman
• Katharine Viner
• Rachel Corrie

Stephanie

Dora and Stephanie

Stephanie and Dora

Behind the Scenes - Tech Rehearsal

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