Special Event: Childsplay theatre at Oracle Center for the Arts: No Going Back

This special event presented in partnership with Childsplay Theatre is a moving play exploring themes of friendship, prejudice, heroism, and guilt during a voyage of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

Play Synopsis:

Majka is a girl whose life is forever changed by an ocean voyage. Majka is taken out of school to sail with her parents as they work aboard the S.S. St. Louis, a German ocean liner on a special trip in 1939. The passengers onboard are 900 Jewish refugees seeking escape from life under Nazi rule. Majka has been raised in this world, but all she's been taught is now challenged by a growing friendship with a young Jewish passenger, Liesl. Majka must decide which side she is on. Meanwhile, the ship is being denied entry into any port, raising the prospect of the refugees having to go back to the horrors of Nazi Germany. Set during this historic tragic voyage, the play explores themes of friendship, prejudice, anti-Semitism, heroism, and culpability.