The Last Act of Lilka Kadison

Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with Abbie Phillips

Written by Nicola Behrman, David Kersnar
Abbie Phillips, Heidi Stillman
and Andy White
Directed by David Kersnar

Inspired by the life and work of Johanna Cooper
and the Public Radio International series One People, Many Stories

17-year-old Lilka Kadison flees Poland on the eve of World War II.  Seventy years later in Los Angeles, ghosts are invading her home, her caregiver won’t give her back the remote and her afternoon’s only going downhill from there.  Wryly humorous, poignant, and ultimately triumphant, this unforgettable new play traces a love story that transcends war, decades, and distance, from 1939 Poland to current-day Los Angeles.

A recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

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Community Partners for The Last Act of Lilka Kadison include:

- The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Holocaust Community Services, administered by Jewish Child and Family Services
- Karetemquin Films
- The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
- The Raven Foundation
- The Spertus Institute
- The US Holocaust Memorial Museum Midwest Regional Office

Study Guide

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