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ABOUT

A TRUE TALE OF RESISTANCE DURING WWII

A funny, biting, poignant, relevant play!

Agnete Ottosen was tough, unsentimental, and remarkable. When World War II broke out, Ottosen immediately joined the Danish Resistance and writing for an underground newspaper. She was captured and tortured by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp. This is her true tale of heartbreak, joy, survival, and perseverance while facing enormous obstacles during the war and in the years after.

Sonny Mills has woven humor and levity into their great-aunt's true tale of resistance, giving audiences historical insight and critical reflection on some of the most urgent issues of our time - nationalism, justice, and freedom. A story few have heard of but everyone should know.

With an unprecedented inaugural run in Canada, Three Crows is elated to present the US premiere of The Danish Play.

REVIEWS

“One of the strongest and most wrenching pieces of theatre...”

-Robert Crew, The Toronto Star

“Easily one of the best plays of the year.”

-Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine

DATES

Previews - May 16, 17, 18, 19

Performances - May 23-June 16, 2024

TICKETS

Regular tickets are pay-what-you-want. The suggested ticket price is $40.

All tickets are paperless and your name will be on the list at the box office. *Please be advised there is no late seating.*

RUN TIME

Two hours with one intermission.

CONTENT ADVISORY

Nazis, fascism, mental health, violence, incarceration, genocide, death.

PERFORMANCE LOCATION

Raven Theatre- Schwartz Stage

6157 Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60660

GETTING THERE

Raven Theatre is in the Edgewater neighborhood. Off-street parking available, Granville Red line is the nearest L stop. There is also a parking lot. Allow ample time for parking as there is no late seating.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

CREATIVE TEAM
PLAYWRIGHT Sonny Mills

DIRECTOR Kirstin Franklin

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Erin Galvin

VIOLENCE & INTIMACY DESIGNER Michael Bevis

SOUND DESIGN Samuel Fitzwater-Butchart

COSTUME DESIGN Dagny Mullins

PROPS DESIGN Judith Laughlin

CREATIVE PRODUCER Nathaniel Negrón

CAST

MADS Stephen Dunn

AGNETE Selena Lopez

MORTON, ET AL Dolph Paulsen

MICHAEL Kit Ratliff

HELGA Lisa Stran

LISBET, ET AL Madeline Wakley

BENTE Mackenzie Williams

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FOLKE BERNADOTTE

WHITE BUS TRANSPORTS

The Folke Bernadotte White Bus Transports were a Swedish humanitarian operation with the objective of freeing Scandinavians in German camps. Diplomat Folke Bernadotte was instrumental in rescuing 30,000+ prisoners from various camps within Germany during WWII., including Agnete Ottosen.

RAVENSBRÜCK

Ravensbrück was a Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945 located in northern Germany, 56 mi north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück. An estimated figure of 132,000 women were in the camp during the war, including Agnete Ottosen who was imprisoned there from December 1944-April 8, 1945.

Frøslev Camp

The Frøslev Camp was built as a German internment camp in 1944 during the German occupation of Denmark, and is one of Europe’s most well preserved German camps from World War II. Even though the Frøslev Camp was built to avoid the deportation of Danes to concentration camps in Germany, some 1,600 Frøslev prisoners were in fact deported to the horrors of these camps, including Agnete.

Agnete Ottosen

Agnete was born January 14, 1911 in Denmark. She was a union organizer, poet, writer and member of the Danish resistance during WWII. She was arrested by the Gestapo for "making illegal writings" and possessing a British newsreel and weapons.

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