Four-time Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh will return to the New York stage in Irena's Vow, a new play by Dan Gordon, beginning September 7th at Baruch Performing Arts Center - 55 Lexington Avenue @ 25th Street (between Lexington & Third Aves). The new drama will mark Ms. Feldshuh's first New York stage appearance since her triumphant (and Tony Award-nominated) turn in Golda's Balcony (Broadway's longest-running one-woman show). Michael Parva will direct. Irena's Vow, which is being presented by The Directors Company in association with Power Productions & The Polish Cultural Institute, is an Invictus Theatre Company World premiere. Opening Night is set for Monday, September 22nd at 7 p.m. (the engagement continues through November 2nd).
Featuring a cast of ten, Irena's Vow is a riveting, life affirming story about one of wartime's most courageous and unsung heroines. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Irena Gut Opdyke was forced to work as head housekeeper for a very prominent Nazi major. Over a two year period of service, Irena would be confronted with the choice to protect twelve Jewish refugees who secretly fell under her care. This is the extraordinary true story of one woman's choice and the twelve lives that would live or die by her decision.Tovah Feldshuh, who is currently in London's West End starring in Golda's Balcony, is simultaneously preparing for the role of the Polish Catholic heroine of Irena's Vow, and will soon depart for Poland to continue with her trademark, meticulous research for the role. A film crew will join Ms. Feldshuh during her trip to gain footage for a PBS documentary being created about Irena's story coming to the stage.Photo Credit Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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