AKRON PREMIERE of THE STAR ON MY HEART sponsored by The Wadsworth Footlighters
*The Wadsworth Footlighters will be presenting The Star on My Heart at The Strand Company, located at 123 Broad St., in Wadsworth, on March 4 at 7:30pm and March 5 at 2:30 and 7:30pm. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/students and will be sold at the door.* *The Star on My Heart* is an original play based on Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher's memoirs, adapted and directed by Angela Miloro-Hansen. In 2013 Angela won OCTA awards for a show she directed at Geauga Lyric Theater called *I Never Saw Another Butterfly*, by Celeste Raspanti. It told the story of the children imprisoned in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp near Prague. Of fifteen thousand children who passed through Terezin, it is believed that approximately one hundred survived. Then GLTG Executive director Chris Cipriani made contact with one of these child survivors, Inge Auerbacher. Inge inspired the cast with a telephone conversation on opening night and a relationship with Dr. Auerbacher evolved. Inge expressed a desire to have her story staged, and Angela Miloro-Hansen was asked to author the script. Writer/Director Miloro-Hansen has been active in theater since 1999, and is a 2010 Hiram College graduate. She directs, teaches and acts on a regular basis and serves as the Educational Outreach Coordinator for Geauga Lyric Theater in Chardon, Ohio. Chris Cipriani, now Director of Programming at Shore Cultural Centre in Euclid, is serving as the project and educational outreach coordinator. After two years of collaboration, *The Star on My Heart* premiered in November 2015. It tells of Inge's experiences during the war in Terezin, and her survival and recovery in New York City, where she still lives today. After liberation, Inge came to America and spent two years in a tuberculosis hospital. She began high school with only one year of schooling under her belt, and graduated in three years. Inge worked as a chemist for 38 years. She now travels and speaks on the topics of tolerance, the Holocaust and human rights. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Twitter at *The Star on My Heart*. For more information on Inge Auerbacher go to www.ingeauerbacher.com . Questions or comments can be sent to: www.wadsworthfootlighters.com wadsworthfootlighters@yahoo.com LIKE US ON FACEBOOK TOO
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Leigh Sandmann via NEohioPAL