Overview
Character Name
Young Ed
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Late Teen
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A stage with a makeshift curtain across the length of it., Various locations during World War II.
Analysis
Young Ed is the 16-year-old version of the real Ed “Hello” Silverberg, a German Holocaust survivor. Ed’s birth name is Helmuth. His grandfather gave him the nickname “Hello” because he disliked the name Helmuth. Amid the Holocaust and the rise of the Nazi party, his parents
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