Endurance Theatre Performs 9/11 Tribute 'Ordinary People'

Endurance Theatre is proud to present Performing Tribute 9/11: Ordinary People, Remarkable Stories in New York and New Jersey to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.  Performing Tribute will be staged on August 17th at Harlem Stage, September 7th at Theatre at St Clement’s, September 8th at All Souls Church and on August 31st at the Mount St Olive library in Flanders, New Jersey. 
Performing Tribute brings together the unique and inspiring stories of individuals who were directly impacted by the events of 9/11— survivors of the North and South Towers; family members who lost loved ones; an evacuated area resident; a retired FDNY firefighter who responded to the site, a New Jersey resident who volunteered in the aftermath with the Salvation Army, and volunteers who helped in the rescue and recovery.  The individual experiences are told first-hand and woven together in a moving theatrical event.

The actual people who experienced 9/11 perform the piece, telling their stories via a reader’s theatre style in front of moving images from the day.

At each presentation of Performing Tribute a piece from the cladding of the towers will be on display.  The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey distributed pieces of the World Trade Center rubble to organizations and cities around the world for memorials. Endurance Theatre received a small piece in August of 2010. 

PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11: Ordinary People, Remarkable Stories plays the following schedule:

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7PM at Mount Olive Public Library (202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders, NJ)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7PM at The Theater at St. Clement’s (423 W. 46th St)
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7PM at All Souls Church (1157 Lexington Ave)
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7PM at Jan Hus Church (351 E. 74th St)

Created by theatre artist Donna Kaz, a former resident of Battery Park City and volunteer docent at the WTC via the Tribute Center, Performing Tribute is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Tickets are FREE and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Doors open twenty minutes prior to the start of each show.

Running Time: 75 minutes (including post-show Q&A)
Website: www.performingtribute.com