A new play, Café Resistance, by Roberto Monticello, directed by Lissa Moira, a harrowing and heroic story of the WWII French Resistance, plays from Thursday, April 10 to Sunday, April 27 at Theater for the New City.
Monticello wrote the play in response to the rise of antisemitism and Holocaust denial he has seen all over the world. Inspired by true events, it illuminates the ingenuity and bravery of little people in the fight against fascism. Its plot is taken from true accounts told to him by friends and family who survived World War II in Europe. In the play, German Armies have marched into Paris and the Occupation has begun. What should Parisians do–collaborate, capitulate, or resist any way they can? The Blue Parrot Cafe’s “ladies of the evening,” who “perform” in so many ways in floor shows, answer with a resounding “RESIST!” Their ensuing adventures are a tale of heroism, intrigue and romance with instructive themes on moral clarity, the cost of complacency and the power of solidarity and hope.
