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MEIN UNCLE MAY 29 - JUNE 8

Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:31 pm EDT 03/27/14

3 VOICES THEATRE
proudly presents

MEIN UNCLE
An absurdist fairytale about the seeds of inhumanity

Written & Directed by ALIZA SHANE

LIMITED TWO WEEK ENGAGEMENT
THU, MAY 29 - SUN, JUNE 8, 2014
OPENING NIGHT IS THU, MAY 29 AT 8 PM

TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT WWW.3VOICESTHEATRE.COM

3 VOICES THEATRE is pleased to announce the world premiere of MEIN
UNCLE, written and directed by Aliza Shane (NY IT Award for
Outstanding Short Script, The Three Sillies). MEIN UNCLE, an absurdist
fairytale about the seeds of inhumanity, will play Thursday, May 29
continue through Sunday, June, 8, 2014 at The Robert Moss Theater (440
Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003). Tickets are $18 and
available at www.3VoicesTheatre.com.

"My entire life I've lived with the history of the Holocaust and its
devastating effects on the world, the Jews, and my own family. The
idea of exploring Adolf Hitler and his relationships is not something
I ever addressed. However, after learning about Geli Raubal, I became
fascinated with her story; how her life, and death, affected this man,
and changed his life, ultimately for the worse," shares creator Aliza
Shane. "The more I read, the more I realized that this is a story that
needed to be told. This is not a story that 'explains' or excuses
Hitler or his actions - rather, it's a microscopic look at a
relationship that may have been the last straw in a life already set
on a path of destruction."

Based on the true story of Geli Raubal, niece to the most infamous
villain in history, Mein Uncle is a love story, ruled by mystery,
obsession and ultimately, madness. Mein Uncle is a tale of love gone
terribly wrong, an absurdist look at the bizarre secret relationship
that influenced the man behind the darkest event of the 20th century.

MEIN UNCLE plays the following schedule through June 8th:

Wednesdays through Fridays at 8pm
Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm
Sundays at 2pm

Tickets are $18 and available online at www.3vtheatre.com or by
calling 1-800-838-3006. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the
theater half hour prior to performance.

Running Time: 90 min


BIOGRAPHIES

ALIZA SHANE (Writer/Director) is a director, playwright and producer.
She works with her actors in a collaborative process, creating organic
characters borne out of movement and improvisation in addition to the
written word. Born and raised in NY, Aliza has a BA in Theatre from
Queens College. Aliza is the former Assistant Managing Director at
Looking Glass Theatre where she was producer of the Writer/Director
Forum. She directed four new works as part of the Forum, garnering
multiple awards. Also with Looking Glass, Aliza wrote and directed Are
You There Zeus? It's Me, Electra; The Spanish Wives: A Groovy Tale of
Peace, Love and Restoration and The Three Sillies, which earned an
NYIT Award for Outstanding Short Script. Aliza wrote and directed The
Imaginary Invalid: By Prescription Only, and Are You There Zeus? It's
Me, Electra as part of Planet Connections Festivity, which earned
awards for Outstanding Overall Production and Outstanding Direction
respectively. Other directing credits: Hamlet, The First Quarto
(Genesis Rep), The Bacchae (Cypreco Theatre Co.), Cabaret: A New World
(Towards Truth Productions), The Acoustic Nerve (Groove Mama Ink).

Aliza is the co-founder and co-artistic director of 3 Voices Theatre,
working alongside long-time collaborator and co-founder Jenn Tufaro.

ANGELIKA MARIA "GELI" RAUBAL (June 4, 1908 - September 18, 1931) was
Adolf Hitler's niece. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the
second child of Hitler's half-sister, Angela Raubal. Hitler had a
special place in his heart for Geli and kept a tight rein over her,
restricting her activities and her contact with the outside world. It
was rumored that they were lovers. On the morning of September 19,
1931, members of Hitler's staff found Geli Raubal dead from a gunshot
wound to the lung in her room in Hitler's Munich apartment. The
official cause of death was listed as suicide. Hermann Göring, a
leading member of the Nazi Party, would later state at the Nuremberg
trials that Geli's death had devastated Hitler to such an extent that
it changed his views and relationships with all other people.

Official Nazi photographer Heinrich Hoffmann said of Geli's death:
"That was when the seeds of inhumanity began to grow inside Hitler."

3 VOICES THEATRE is an NYC-based theatre company committed to organic
theatre, new play evolution, creative collaboration and development of
the Artistic Voice. The "three voices" represent the three primary
voices in creating a play: Playwright, Director and Actor. Each
component is equally vital to the process and we believe that the best
art is that which comes from the collaboration of all three voices. We
also believe that an artist can have more than one voice, and we
encourage using multiple voices - actors who have stories to write,
playwrights who love to act, etc. - there's room to explore all
variations with 3V Theatre in a safe and supportive environment.

Mein Uncle marks the first major production for 3V. The company has
produced two staged reading events -- Threesomes and Say Uncle! -- for
which scripts about a specific these were solicited over a two-week
period, then assigned to a director and team of actors. This creative
team had one-two rehearsals before presenting in a staged reading
format for the public.

Who: 3 Voices Theatre

What: Mein Uncle

Where: The Robert Moss Theater (440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, NYC)

When: May 29 - June, 8, 2014

How: $18 www.3VoicesTheatre.com.

Based on the true story of Geli Raubal, niece to the most infamous
villain in history, Mein Uncle is a love story, ruled by mystery,
obsession and ultimately, madness.

Link www.3VoicesTheatre.com

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