I Was A Stranger Too
A New Play
by Cynthia L. Cooper, directed by Carolyn Levy
Read More about our launch
at The Neighborhood House/Wellstone Center in St.Paul
January 2023
by Cynthia L. Cooper, directed by Carolyn Levy
Read More about our launch
at The Neighborhood House/Wellstone Center in St.Paul
January 2023
I Was A Stranger Too
A woman, propelled by the memory of her mother's rescue from the Holocaust, is drawn to help asylum seekers in the U.S. As she attempts to navigate the asylum system, she encounters a rich mosaic of people who are fleeing persecution, and others determined to welcome them.
Stories of asylum seekers and asylum helpers -- of the search for safety and the offer of sanctuary -- are revealed in unfolding monologues in I Was A Stranger Too, sharing the hopes that can emerge from a single act of caring and concern.
Drawn from dozens of interviews with people in Minnesota and elsewhere, the play takes audience members beyond stereotypes to the power and capacity of the human spirit. I Was A Stranger Too tells the story of hope that can arise amid chaos, difficulty and trauma.
Read more about the story.
See Broadway World
Feature Article, The Villager, St. Paul
Hear about the play on TC TALKS, the Minn. JCC on Zoom, recorded on YouTube. Link.
Read about our director, Voyage Minnesota. Link.
A woman, propelled by the memory of her mother's rescue from the Holocaust, is drawn to help asylum seekers in the U.S. As she attempts to navigate the asylum system, she encounters a rich mosaic of people who are fleeing persecution, and others determined to welcome them.
Stories of asylum seekers and asylum helpers -- of the search for safety and the offer of sanctuary -- are revealed in unfolding monologues in I Was A Stranger Too, sharing the hopes that can emerge from a single act of caring and concern.
Drawn from dozens of interviews with people in Minnesota and elsewhere, the play takes audience members beyond stereotypes to the power and capacity of the human spirit. I Was A Stranger Too tells the story of hope that can arise amid chaos, difficulty and trauma.
Read more about the story.
See Broadway World
Feature Article, The Villager, St. Paul
Hear about the play on TC TALKS, the Minn. JCC on Zoom, recorded on YouTube. Link.
Read about our director, Voyage Minnesota. Link.
I Was A Stranger Too was a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Program, a finalist for the Trish Vrandenberg Prize of Theatre J, a finalist in the Jewish Plays Project, a selection of Remember the Women Institute, and a recipient of grants from Rimon, The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council and the Alliance of Jewish Theatre Regrant Program.