Memoria Nominis Clara: Virtual Staged Reading on the 80th Anniversary of the Minsk Ghetto Massacre
Monday, July 19, 2021
9:50 am – 10:50 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
9:50 am New York l 3:50 pm Vienna l 4:50 pm Minsk
On July 19, the 80th anniversary of the Minsk Ghetto Massacre, Leonid Levin History Workshop, in cooperation with “SEPT” Theatre and “3 Act” Podcast, will deliver a staged reading of the play Memoria Nominis Clara by Kseniya Shtalenkova, assistant lecturer of philosophy at European Humanities University (Vilnius).
The play takes place in Minsk, in the ravine of the Lower City, later to be known as the “Yama” or "the Pit," the place where 5,000 Jews from the Minsk Ghetto were killed by German soldiers on March 2, 1942. It encompasses memories and dreams of several characters.
The play was written in the “Ready-Made World” Laboratory of the “Art Corporation” Visual and Performing Arts Centre and presented for the first time during “Teart-10” International Theatre Forum in 2020.
The event will be delivered in Russian with a simultaneous translation into English. Audience: 16+
More information about the project by Leonid Levin History Workshop dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Minsk Ghetto and the full program of events can be found here.
This is an online event. Please register via this link.
Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdOqorT4uE9Ho5-Lhseehuh3JXpYAurMC