Eleanor's Story: Life After War
Ingrid Garner - Los Angeles, CA
 http://eleanorsstory.com		V.9 - Planetarium Auditorium 
FIVE STARS "A captivated full-house audience went from tears to breath held in suspense to roaring laughter." – Edmonton Journal
Ingrid Garner, 18X award-winning creator of "Eleanor's Story: An American Girl In Hitler's Germany", delivers a stand-alone sequel to her grandmother's memoir. Eleanor came of age as an enemy alien in Nazi Berlin. Now upon her long-awaited return to America, she struggles to navigate high school while haunted by war memories. World War II may be over, but the battle within has just begun.'

Cast:
Ingrid Garner

  		Show Info:
60 Mins minutes
Genre:
Play-Drama

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Gunshots, Discussion of PTSD and wartime violence, Sexual assault, wartime sounds (artillery, bombings, sirens, etc.)

Wed July 15 7:30 PM
Fri July 17 2:15 PM
Sat July 18 1:00 PM
Tue July 21 8:00 PM
Wed July 22 12:30 PM
Thu July 23 4:00 PM
Sat July 25 9:30 PM
Sun July 26 1:15 PM

Eleanor’s Story: Life After War

Ingrid Garner—Planetarium Auditorium

An intimate portrait of trauma, and how people fight to rebuild their lives after world shaking events tears everything to pieces around them. Continuing the story from her grandmother’s memoirs, Ingrid Garner explores what happened after World War 2 ended and her family of American-Germans trapped in Berlin were allowed to return to shores mostly untouched by violence while retaining all the horrors and pain they experienced abroad.

As a follow-up show, it’s hard to recommend in a vacuum. But we’re talking about a show that returned to Fringe over multiple years, seeing rave reviews and sold out shows each time. For any fans of the first show, this is more than recommended, with the message of hope and perseverance in the face of inhuman violence as relevant and timely as ever.

Josh Fidelak