An Evening with Madame F

Wednesday night, the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights and the Athenaeum are jointly sponsoring Claudia Stevens performance of An Evening With Madame F. The performance, which integrates both theater and and music, has been widely acclaimed. It tells the story of a Jewish musical performer and concentration camp survivor reflecting back on her experiences. See below for the description from the Athenaeum's Fortnightly:

An Evening with Madame F

CLAUDIA STEVENS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008

An Evening with Madame F is the internationally acclaimed musical drama created by Claudia Stevens for her performance as pianist, singer, and actor. Adopting the persona of an elderly concentration camp musician who had performed at Auschwitz, Stevens uses music actually played and sung by women inmates there. She draws on first-hand accounts to depict the struggle and moral dilemma of women who survived through performance. And, as a daughter of Holocaust survivors, she also meditates on the ethical problem of treating the Holocaust as the subject for artistic expression. One of the most honored Holocaust-related performances before the public, An Evening with Madame F was produced for television by PBS affiliate WCVE.

Claudia Stevens visit is jointly sponsored by the Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights and the Athenaeum.