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Echo Theater Company offers U.S premiere of
surrealistic ‘The Suitcase’ for limited run in August
 

WHAT:
U.S. premiere of The Suitcase — In this darkly surrealistic yet surprisingly humorous drama set somewhere between dreams and reality, one of Poland’s foremost contemporary playwrights takes us deep into the hearts of a father and son and asks us to consider what we are responsible for in the wake of enormous national tragedy. Inspired by the true story of Michel Leleu, the son of a French Jew murdered at Auschwitz who recognized his father’s suitcase at an exhibition on the Shoah.

WHO:
• Written by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk
• Translated from the Polish by Artur Zapałowski
• Directed by Samuel Hunter
• Starring Vincent Castellanos, Alexandra Freeman, Claire Kaplan, Eric Keitel, Jeff Alan-Lee, Sigute Miller
• Presented by The Echo Theater Company

WHEN:
Preview: July 27
Performances: Aug. 3 – Aug. 18
• Wednesdays at 8 p.m.: July 27 (preview); Aug. 3 (opening), 10. 17
• Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Aug. 4, 11, 18

WHERE:
Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039

HOW:
• Call 310-307-3753 or go to  www.EchoTheaterCompany.com
• Visit us on facebook: www.facebook.com/echotheater
• Follow us on twitter: @echotheater

TICKET PRICES:
•General admission: $15
• Preview performance on July 27: Pay-what-you-can

PARKING:
FREE in the Atwater Xing lot one block south of the theater.
 

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