Actor David Strathairn’s one-man show ‘Remember This’ opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Remember This
David Strathairn as real-life World War II hero Jan Karski in Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, directed by Derek Goldman, and originally created by The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University. Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Remember This in The Yard, November 3-14, 2021. Teresa Castracane Photography / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Remember This
David Strathairn as real-life World War II hero Jan Karski in Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, directed by Derek Goldman, and originally created by The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University. Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Remember This in The Yard, November 3-14, 2021. Teresa Castracane Photography / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Actor David Strathairn’s one-man show ‘Remember This’ opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

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Famed character actor David Strathairn performs in the one man show, “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karksi”, at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre through November 13th.

The play’s director, Derek Goldman, tells Reset how the play challenges audiences to remember the horrors of the Holocaust, and also take on the world’s current problems.

GUESTS: Derek Goldman, award-winning stage director and playwright; director of “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karksi”