​Inspired by a true story, The Covenant is set in June, 1944 at Theresienstadt. Red Cross dignitaries are invited to marvel at this lively town which appears to be a haven for Jewish people in the heart of Czechoslovakia.  Little do they know that this paradise is a ghetto and concentration camp, elaborately staged in order to conceal Nazi crimes against humanity. Forced to participate in the terrible charade, the ambitious politician Peter and the dedicated doctor Hilde find their idealism, their faith, and their love put to a terrible test. Timely and timeless, The Covenant will have its world premiere in November 2022 at the Segal Centre's Studio Space.

After he attended the staged reading at the Segal Centre in 2018, Martin Duckworth, a celebrated Canadian cinematographer and film maker wrote:

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“Your play struck me with the force of a Tolstoy novel, combining as it did a polished historical scholarship, a sophisticated awareness of the tension between politics and morality, a great sensitivity to the contradictions of human emotions, an extraordinary skill at dramatic structure, plus something that Tolstoy lacked, a sense of humour which helped immensely in grounding the story. I would feel very privileged if I could have the pleasure of re-reading your script.   As of now, it feels like one of those special works of art that has the quality of having leapt to life inevitably, the role of the artist being simply to reveal it to the world as received.  Works that have an endless life. Please make sure it gets seen by people of all religious and political leanings.” 
​- Martin Duckworth

​Show Dates

November 2022
​(Precise show dates to be determined)

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