Witness Theater

The memories of Holocaust survivors risk dying with them, but now an unusual program is helping to give their experiences new life onstage. Witness Theater, introduced in New York City in 2012 by Selfhelp Community Services, a Jewish aid organization, pairs survivors with high school students, who work together to create a dramatic production. Those who experienced the Holocaust serve as narrators, while their young collaborators re-enact incidents from the survivors’ lives. The results will be displayed in a variety of free performances in different locations on Wednesday — Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day — and on Thursday.