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Estera Rachel and Ida Kamiński Jewish Theatre in Warsaw

Heritage

Director, co-author of the screenplay — Robert Talarczyk

Co-author of the script — Remigiusz Grzela

Set design — Dagmara Walkowicz-Goleśny

Costumes — Konrad Parol

Visualizations — Natan Berkowicz

Lighting design — Katarzyna Łuszczyk

Choreography/stage movement — Jakub Lewandowski

Music — Hadrian Filip Tabęcki

Assistant director — Monika Soszka

Assistant costume designer — Aleksandra Lipka

Premiere: January 30, 2026.

Duration: 135 min.

Cast:

Ewa Dąbrowska (Zelda), Adrianna Dorociak (Jochewed/ Olga), Adrianna Kieś (Miriam-Liba), Małgorzata Majewska (Helena/ Female), Sylwia Najah (Szajndł), Joanna Przybylowska (Stara Jew/ Swatka), Joanna Rzączyńska (Jampolska/ Russian/ Estera), Izabad Rzeszowska (Mireło), Monika Soszka (Cie — adult/ Mrs Frenkiel), Barbara Szeliga (Temerł/ Owner/ Tirza Perl), Alina Świdowska (Fajgel), Małgorzata Trybalska (Klara), Ewa Tucholska (Wienera/ Tamara's wife), Lena Wiciak (Cie — child), Daniel 'Czacza' Antoniewicz (Azriel), Marcin Blaszak (Cypkin), Piotr Hamster (Lieutenant/ Lucjan), Genady Iskhakov (Tadyk), Henryk Rajfer (Wallenberg/ Kaminer/ Proboszcz), Rafał Rutowicz (General/Jampolski/ Smirnov), Piotr Sierecki (Doctor/ Getz/ Halpern), Piotr Siwek (Jew 1/ Herman/ Conductor/ Young Man), Robert Talarn Jerzy Walczak (Kalman), Mateusz Trzmiel (Meir-Joel/ Uri-Josef/ Cadok), Marek Węglarski (Menachem Mendel — Cadyk Levitujczak), Maciej Winkler (Jew 3/ Szames/ Sorkess/ Nurse/ Caretaker), Piotr Wiszniowski (Jew 2/ Wiener/ Szalit/ Jochanan), Gołda Tencer (Voice of the Past)

Musicians: Mario Jeka (duk, clarinet, bass clarinet), Dawid Lubowicz (violin), Piotr Maślanka (drums); string quartet of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra composed of: Anita Jarzębska (violin), Beata Sienkiewicz (violin), Michał Piwowarczyk (viola), Mariusz Mus Ruczek (cello), Hadrian Filip Tabęcki (keyboards, arrangement and music production)

The Complicated History of the Jewish Family

Director Robert Talarczyk and Remigiusz Grzela combined into one story the fates of heroes from two masterpieces by Icchok Baszewis Singer (“Manor” and “Legacy”). In this way, an addictive family saga was created, which we watch against the background of landmark historical events. The old world is slowly leaving, the established order is being demolished: tradition ceases to be the guarantor that unites the family. We look at internal conflicts through the lens of the Jewish family community, where the difficult past confronts the challenges of the future. It's a show that raises questions about who and why are we? What happens in the souls of people who have lost their sense of identity? What is the difference between how we should and how we can react?

“The adaptation of Grzela and Talarczyk transforms Singer's multithreaded prose into a stage structure in which the pace of the narrative is subordinated to the rhythm of images, gestures and light. Katarzyna Łuszczyk's lighting emphasizes the directions of movement, separates segments of space and gives the scenes an almost painterly character. The repetition of gestures and the rhythmic appearance of the protagonists create the effect of a continuum, in which each episode functions simultaneously as an individual event and a fragment of a collective history. The viewer thus experiences both narrative coherence and a sense of the nation's existence in time — which corresponds to Singer's literary vision, but translated into the language of the stage.

Wiesław Kowalski on “Heritage”