Abstract
"Anne Frank wasn't the only person maintaining a diary during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam in World War II. The Wrestling Patient is a new play crafted by Kirk Lynn, based on the writings of Etty Hillesum, a young woman who also witnessed that terror firsthand.
Shaped along with collaborators Anne Gottlieb and Katie Pearl, Lynn's world premiere at the Boston Center for the Arts is a challenging piece for the work's creators, performers and audience. Revisiting the holocaust, even from this newfound perspective, is not easy for any of us.
The companies teaming up to offer The Wrestling Patient deserve praise for their combined commitment to developing and producing new work for the stage. In an economic climate when it is easier to program a box office hit from the trustworthy library of dust-laden musicals and comedies, the leaders of SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Playwrights' Theatre and Forty Magnolias Productions continue supporting today's theatrical voices." (Talking Broadway, Matthew Small)
Marya Lowry as Riva Hillesum.