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Kindertransport
Diane Samuels
Opening Date:
March 24, 2000
Closing Date:
April 15, 2000
In 1939, young Eva is sent from Nazi Germany to safety in England. Decades later, her daughter uncovers the history she has tried to forget. Diane Samuels’s moving drama explores separation, survival, identity and the ties between generations.
Cast & Crew
CAST:
Elisa Solomon — Eva
Merrisue Seitsinger — Helga
Lin Hartgrove — Evelyn
Kate O’Meara — Faith
Angie Duke — Lil
Eric Jensen — Ratcatcher
CREW:
Hal Kohlman — Director
Bob Bates — Stage manager; light board operator
Stacia Robal — Assistant stage manager
Gilbert Guerrero — Lighting designer
Pamela Kosted — Costume designer
Christina Foster — Costume assistant
Joe Daleo — Sound designer
Susan Carron, George Tilson — Running crew
Kimberly Moore — Sound board operator
Production Notes
Diane Samuels’s Kindertransport ran March 24–April 15, 2000, directed by Hal Kohlman. Set across 1939 and 1979, it follows Eva, a Jewish child sent from Nazi Germany to England, who grows into Evelyn and suppresses her past until her daughter Faith uncovers family documents. Elisa Solomon played Eva and Lin Hartgrove portrayed the same person as an adult; Eric Jensen played the symbolic Ratcatcher, who embodies threatening authority. Samuels drew on interviews with actual Kindertransport survivors, although Eva/Evelyn is fictional. The original CST webpage includes Kohlman’s director’s note, connecting the play’s themes of parent-child separation and heritage to the Cuban children’s Operation Pedro Pan while acknowledging the different historical circumstances. The page documents London’s 1993 premiere and New York’s 1994 premiere, both directed by Abigail Morris. Nine production photographs survive. The original crew spelling is Stacia Robal, whereas another CST page credits Stacia Roybal; the variation is unresolved. The production was presented by special arrangement with Susan Schulman, A Literary Agency.
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