Synopsis
Edith Stein - A Ceremony of Remembrance
6 Male 6 Female
Dramatization of the life of the Jewish-born German philosopher
who converted to Catholicism and became a nun before dying
in the Auschwitz gas chambers of 1942
The play transports us to the Central Europe of that year, and other times and places, before and since, both real and imaginary
Stein lived a dedicated, selfless existence, loving God in devoted observance, and feared no man. Her convivial personality never wavered, even at the end of er life
This is a topical, respectful homage to a luminous woman that shined in history's darkest period. Pope John Paul II officially approved Edith Stein for canonization in May, 1997