I Never Saw Another Butterfly
by Garrett Crome
The play I Never Saw Another Butterfly will be held on February 25 and 26. Both elementary and junior high students are included in the cast with high school students.
Over 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin Concentration camp, and only about 100 were still alive when Terezin was liberated at the end of the war. One of the survivors, Raja, having lived through it all, teaching the children when there was nothing to teach with, helping to give them hope when there was little enough reason for hope, creating a little world of laughter, of flowers and butterflies behind the barbed wire, tells the true story of the children. It's her play and it's theirs. There were no butterflies at Terezin, of course, but for the children, butterflies became a symbol of defiance, making it possible for them to live on and play happily while waiting to be transported.
Carla Wolfe, MHS Drama Club sponsor, says, "I am excited to be working with young actors and actresses on this very important play. This play has great messages about strength, understanding, and tolerance that remain relevant more than fifty years after the end of World War II. It will be moving experience for everyone who comes to see it as well as for those students who are participating in the production."
