I Kiss Your Hands

The Jolanta Project presents "I Kiss Your Hands: A Story of Hope, Rescue, and Deliverance," a world-premiere historical fiction by Timothy Caso that introduces audiences to WWII heroine Irena Sendler. Sendler was a Polish-Catholic social worker who saved over 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. Under Nazi occupation, Irena and her friends had to get creative, adopting the children into Catholic families for their own protection. 

This world-premiere Philadelphia Fringe production opens at Chandler Hall in Newtown, PA at 7:30 p.m. on September 8th, 9th, 10th, and 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. on September 23rd and 24th, and at 7:00 p.m. Industry Night on September 13th. Tickets are $20, with discounts for seniors, students, and military members, and they can be purchased online at www.phillyfringe.org or at the door.

The production is directed by Bryan Hagelin, with technical direction and lighting/projection/scenic design by Claire Caverly, costume/prop design by Jaclyn Baird, sound design by Jim Hakowski, and dramaturgy by Heather Helinsky. The cast of 12 is led by Caity Brown as Irena, with Hannah Anderson and Lauren Ralston co-starring as Irena’s closest friends and conspirators.

"We tell Irena's story to honor the sacrifices that she and her collaborators made to protect the innocent in the face of unimaginable suffering,” said Hagelin. “The legacy of these unsung heroines includes not only the 2500 children they rescued but also the children of the generations that follow. Our play is about friendship, sacrifice, and faith in an ordinary woman's ability to do the impossible."

For more information visit https://phillyfringe.org/events/i-kiss-your-hands-the-story-of-irena-sendler for updates, showtimes, and additional details about I Kiss Your Hands.