Douglas Larche’s adaptation of award-winning children’s writer Lois Lowry’s suspenseful World War II/Holocaust novel offers a consistently moving take on a harrowing historical episode. It also effectively preserves the heart of the story, concerning a Danish family helping Jewish neighbors escape to Sweden just as Copenhagen’s Nazi occupiers begin to impose their harsh anti-Semitic directives. Director Scot Copeland’s excellent ensemble was led by Amanda Card as the courageous 10-year-old protagonist. Also notable: Scott Boyd’s set, featuring shadowy piles of household furnishings that symbolically represented the Jewish citizens’ sense of violation and loss.
Best Children’s Theater Production
Number the Stars, NCT
