The performance is scheduled for Saturday, December 13, at 7:30 pm. It will be at Temple Shearith Israel, 26 Peaceable Street.

Brundibar is an uplifting story of good triumphing over evil. Based on Aristophanes’s Lysistrata, Brundibar was composed in 1938 by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister for a competition being run by the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Education. The results of the competition were never announced as the country was occupied by the Germans, and Krasa was interned in the Terezin holding camp (Theresienstadt in German).

The beautiful anti-war fable tells the tale of Anna and her brother Peter who urgently need milk for their sick mother. To make money the children sing in the marketplace, much to the annoyance of the organ grinder Brundibar.

As the children struggle to overcome Brundibar and his cruel antics they are joined by an array of other children and animals. This is the story of the Jewish stolen children. This is not a new story and audiences will find parallels in other societies and other times.

A single tickets is $10 and can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling 203-438-6589.