March 2008

Lisa Peschel

Fulbrighter of the Month

Lisa Peschel
Researcher in theater arts and writer

Ms. Peschel spent her Fulbright year in Prague (2004/2005) studying Czech theater history at Charles University and carrying out research on Czech-language theatrical performance in the Terezín Ghetto, including extensive interviews with survivors.  During that year she staged a workshop at Gymnázium Pacov based on one of the Terezín plays with fellow Fulbrighter Joy Bashara-Ingram and additional colleagues from the U.S. 
 
Ms. Peschel is currently back in the Czech Republic editing a collection of scripts written by the Terezín prisoners.  The book Divadelni texty z terezínského ghetto/Theatertexte aus dem Ghetto Theresienstadt 1941-45 will be published bilingually in Czech and German by Akropolis (Prague) in the fall of 2008. 
 
Information on the workshop in Pacov can be found here. Additional information on the workshop and an interview with Ms. Peschel can be found in the newsletter of the Terezín Initiative (pages 5-9). Information about her book is available at akropolis.info/pripravujeme.htm.