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Plays/Music

In the play, 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron, actress and daughter of OTC child Walter Kron and a second generation OTCer, tells the story of her father's escape from the Holocaust and his and her coming to terms with this experience. The "2.5 Minute Ride" is Lisa's one-woman show, written and performed by her around the world. The script is contained in a book entitled, 2.5 Minute Ride and 101 Humiliating Stories, published in October 2002 by Theatre Communications Group, New York. For more about the play and publication, visit Ms. Kron’s website.

Patty Tyler and Jon Buder have composed two musical pieces related to the OTC children which are available on CD. For more information contact Jon Buder at jon@offtrax.com.