“‘Through the Darkness’ is a beautiful, moving, inspiring play about survival, prejudice, inhumanity, and acts of kindness—small and large.”
About the play
Through the Darkness recounts the unimaginable journeys and true stories of four unique and courageous men and women who left everything behind, including their loved ones, so that they might stay one step ahead of the Holocaust.
Each takes a different path and three of the four characters manage to avoid the horrors of the concentration camps and remain free, even if freedom is no more than the right to die on their own terms. Chaos was inescapable, freedom was motion, and the only safe place was anyplace other than where they were.
Each of the characters repeatedly comes face to face with seemingly insurmountable obstacles to daily survival and they show us that when life is vastly different, life is still livable.
“Through the Darkness gives us perspective on the cost of survival, how precious freedom is, and how easily it can be snatched away. The play is especially timely as refugees wander in the contemporary world, desperate to find a home; our country and others are closing their borders; and acts of hatred and Antisemitism are rising.”
“Chaos was inescapable, freedom was motion, and the only safe place was anyplace other than where they were.”
“We are...witnesses to a range of experiences and actions that demonstrate individual suffering and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds of survival.”