The Auschwitz Volunteer
On Broadway
A one-actor show honoring the heroism of Captain Witold Pilecki, based on Aquila Polonica’s award-winning book The Auschwitz Volunteer, won the Best Documentary Show Award at the 2018 United Solo Theatre Festival. The Festival took place on Broadway at the Theatre Row Theatres, W. 48th Street.
Written by Terry Tegnazian and Debra Gendel, the script is based on the book and has previously been performed as a two-person show in various venues in the United States and Canada.
Adapted specifically for the United Solo Theatre Festival to accommodate the Festival’s “solo” requirement, the show featured one actor and an off-stage narrator, performed and directed by actor Marek Probosz playing Pilecki, with Terry Tegnazian providing narration. The first performance on Sunday, November 11, 2018, sold out. The Festival gave the show a second date, the Wednesday matinee on November 14, 2018. The show received a standing ovation from the audiences at both shows.
While in New York, Terry Tegnazian and Marek Probosz also performed the show for students, faculty and parents at the Polish School in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
This show was made possible by our generous sponsors: the Adam Mickiewicz Institute operating under the Culture.pl brand; the Polish Consulate Los Angeles; the Polish Consulate New York; and the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
Marek Probosz with Best Documentary Show Award
This project is co-sponsored by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute operating under the Culture.pl brand.
Project co-financed with Polish diaspora funds of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
