Carlsbad Resident Presenting Play Inspired by Holocaust Stories

Set against the backdrop of WWII in Poland (1942) and present day California, Carlsbad resident Aimee Greenberg’s play is a haunting and illuminating drama inspired in part by the true stories of female survivors of the Shoah, now living in Southern California. The story follows a young woman, Alice, who finds a young Jewish girl hiding underground in her garden.  Alice is faced with the decision to either turn her in to the Nazis or to keep her hidden in the dark.  But Alice has a secret, too.  Intertwined is the story of Tuvia, her daughter Ava, and her neighbor Eva in California today.  LIGHT FALLING DOWN explores the nature of survival, the human spirit, and forgiveness. 

Previews and Performances at The Brooks Theatre, 217 North Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054 include
Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 pm (Preview)
Friday, October 25, 2013 at 7:30 pm (Preview)
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm (Opening Night)
Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 7:30 pm 
Friday, November 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm 
Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:30 pm*
Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Tickets are on sale at http://www.oceansidetheatre.org or call the Box Office at 760 433-8900 (For Group Tickets, purchase on website).  Admission is $21 general, $17 seniors, $14 students and military, or $14 on “Preview” nights only. Reservations are strongly recommended. Oceanside Theatre Company operating The Brooks Theatre and Studio 219 is a 501c3 non-profit organization. 

*SPECIAL EVENT!There will be an Oceanside Theatre Company Fundraiser on Saturday, November 2, 2013.  Join us at 5:30pm, your $50 ticket will include Dinner, Drinks, Seating at that evening's performance of LIGHT FALLING DOWN, raffle tickets and dessert/coffee during a post show talk-back with the author Aimee Greenberg.

Carlsbad resident Aimee Greenberg has been creating, directing and performing onstage for nearly three decades. A native New Yorker, Aimee trained with theatre icons Sandy Meisner, Wynn Handman and Stella Adler. She has worked with Playwright’s Horizon, La Mama, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Theatre for the New City among others.  In 1990, Greenberg founded the Los Angeles based HEIJERA productions presenting works in the United States, Europe and Asia.  Locally, Aimee’s work has been seen at the former Sushi, (Dark Moon of Lilith, Phases of the LOON) and most recently at Space 4 Art, where she premiered “Occupy the Rice Fields.”  LIGHT FALLING DOWN was recently presented as a staged reading at the JCC and the Ion Theatre.

–LIGHT FALLING DOWN press release