"THE ACCOMPLICES" EXTENDS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14 August 28, 2008

WEST COAST PREMIERE OF "THE ACCOMPLICES"
BY BERNARD WEINRAUB
EXTENDS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14 AT THE FOUNTAIN THEATRE.

WHAT:
The Accomplices - The West Coast premiere of the New York Drama Desk-nominated play based on the true story of Jewish activist Hillel Kook (aka Peter Bergson). What the U.S. government and American Jews did - and didn't - do to help Jews fleeing the Nazis is the subject of this blistering account by former New York Times political reporter Bernard Weinraub. In 1940, Hillel Kook arrived in the U.S. fresh from the underground resistance in Palestine. Changing his name to Peter Bergson, he sought aid for the rescue of European Jews from the Nazis. Shocked to find himself blocked by both the Roosevelt administration and the Jewish establishment, Bergson spearheaded an extraordinary campaign of public rallies, hard-hitting newspaper advertisements and lobbying in Congress in his one-man fight to save millions and end the conspiracy of silence and inaction that continues to haunt us to this day.

WHO:
Written by Bernard Weinraub
Directed by Deborah LaVine
Featuring Brian Carpenter, Dennis Gersten, Gregory G. Giles, James Harper, Morlan Higgins
William Dennis Hurley, Elizabeth Karr, Kirsten Kollender, Stephen Marshall,
Donne McRae, Steven Schub
Produced by Simon Levy and Deborah Lawlor

WHEN:
Extended through September 14:
Thursdays at 8 pm
Fridays at 8 pm
Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

Official Website: http://www.FountainTheatre.com