Bring our award winning Films and Productions to Your Community
Light Keeper Productions develops original works that combine storytelling with music, theatre, film, visual art and multimedia.
Through licensing, theatres, schools, universities and community organizations can bring these live and Digital productions to their own audiences .
Only a Girl
ONLY A GIRL
The Irene Gut Opdyke Story
A multimedia theatrical experience by Jen Faith Brown and David Mulholland
Theatre • Music • Storytelling • Projection
Previously presented at schools, theatres and conferences.
NOW AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING
“Only a Girl” tells the true story of Irene Gut Opdyke a Holocaust rescuer who, at the age of 17, helped save hundreds of lives during the Second World War. Based on personal interviews with Irene, this remarkable tale of courage and commitment comes to life. The piece is told through narrative “visited memories”, film images, and original music and songs. “Only a Girl” carries us back with Irene through her idyllic childhood in pre-war Poland to her days with the Polish resistance and onward…
THE EXPERIENCE Live Performance + Original Music + Visual Projections
This play celebrates the courage of survivor and rescuer and hopes to continue Irene's voice and mission..That through hope and love and the shedding of supposed differences, we can find our single humanity. And in that humanity, reach out to one another without fear, only love…..
Audience Feedback
"...YOUR MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING ARE SO NEECESSARY-HEARING YOU SPEAK GAVE ME THANKFUL REASSURANCE THAT THIS KIND OF VITAL LOVE STILL EXISTS..."
"...THE MEDIA AND OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CONCENTRATE SO MUCH ON THE NEGATIVE NATURE OF MAN, THAT OFTEN TIMES WE IGNORE OUR HEROES, AND MRS. OPDYKE YOU ARE MY HERO....."
"...YOU HAVE SHOWN ME THAT THIS WORLD AS IMPERFECT AS IT MAY BE IS STILL FILLED WITH PEOPLE OF YOUR BEAUTY AND LOVE...KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD LIKE YOU, MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING. YOU ARE MY IDOL THE ONE I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW IN MY YEARS AHEAD...."
AEMILIA: UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
The Shakespeare Education Series
Six episodes. Six Shakespeare plays. One journey into the world behind the canon.
WATCH → EXPLORE → DISCUSS → CREATE
Classrooom Series includes
- Episode video
- Shakespeare play overview
- Historical context
- Aemilia Bassano Lanier material
- Discussion questions
- Vocabulary
- Character analysis
- Writing prompts
- Classroom activities
- Extension activities
- Links to primary-source material
- Teacher guide