Noreen was thrilled to conduct an incredible Broadway cast in the first look at IRENA, a musical by Megan Cavallari and Kait Kerrigan, in a benefit for the LA Museum of the Holocaust at Temple Emanuel on January 26 & 27 of 2019. Directed by Jonah Platt.
This project was met with an enthusiastic audience and packed house for both performances!
IRENA is an inspired effort to tell the little-known story of Polish Holocaust-era heroine Irena Sendler, who selflessly rescued more than 2500 Jewish children and infants from the Warsaw ghetto at great risk to her own life.
Click here to watch the video
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER AND LIBRETTIST
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- Megan Cavallari, Composer
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- Kait Kerrigan, Playwright
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- Jonah Platt, Director
Megan Cavallari's full bio HERE
Performances featured guest violinist, Jeremy Cohen!
Jeremy Cohen‘s electrifying jazz violin performances have earned him nationwide accolades. Classically trained and a student of Itzhak Perlman and Anne Crowden, Cohen’s eclectic style reflects his respect for a wide range of violinists...
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- This program is funded in part by a generous grant from the Jewish Community Foundation.
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- Thank you to Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills for hosting this exciting event.
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- This program is presented to benefit the LA Museum of the Holocaust.
Sponsors
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"Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal. Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory." -Irena Sendler
