SHPIEL THEATRE’S NEXT PRODUCTION ROOM 1214 BY MICHELLE KHOLOS BROOKS LOUISVILLE PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY DAVID Y. CHACK AT KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS, FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FEBRUARY 13, 2025 (Thursday, Opening Night); FEBRUARY 14 at 7:30 PM ; FEBRUARY 16, 2:00 PM (Sunday Matinee) FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 PM ; 23 at 2:00 PM (Sunday Matinee) ShPIeL’s upcoming production of ROOM 1214 by award winning playwright Michele Kholos Brooks (H*tler’s Tasters) fresh from its New York City run, will be performed February 13-23 at the Kentucky Performing Arts. This production, about the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, FL., helps provide empathy and understanding on the many ways gun violence touches our communities; and how to tell that story, when it is so painful and yet so important to tell! Directed by David Y. Check (dir. The Green Book, Mother Courage and Her Children, Indecent, Chagall in School) in Louisville, ROOM 1214 is a sensitive and powerful play showing how through the power of theatre, we can hold space for memory, faith, resilience and resolve. A series of post-show, a panel, and talk back discussions will be held, the details to follow. These acts of violence actually occurred on Valentines Day, seven years ago. Based on real-life accounts of a Holocaust studies teacher at the school, we follow her return to her classroom one last time. Visited by the memories of her students — young people whose lives and achievements lie before them — they inspire and call out to us. Following the lessons taught by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, his central message was, “The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.” Again and again we must tell the story and strive against indifference today, to change history and to love. The students receive one final lesson, and as a community we learn together, “Never Forget.” PURCHASE TICKETS For further info, press interviews with playwright and director, and group sales: [email protected] Made possible with support from the Kentucky Performing Arts Spaces For All Fund ShPIeL gratefully thanks the ongoing support from the Jewish Heritage Fund Funding provided by the Marvin and Joyce Benjamin Endowment, a Central Kentucky Community Foundation Fund. ShPIeL gratefully acknowledges the support of: The Jewish Heritage Fund of Louisville; The Marvin and Joyce Benjamin Endowment, of Central Kentucky Community Foundation; The Kentucky Performing Arts Spaces For All Fund ShPIeL also thanks community partners: Frazier History Museum, Keneseth Israel Congregation, Bellarmine University’s Theatre Program, and The Jewish Community Relations Council

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