SueMedia Productions/Midsummer Audio Business present this first audio dilemma by Helen Engelhardt.Begun like a stage play by Engelhardt, this version focuses on essential moments in the life span of renowned musician Kathe Kollwitz to reveal the complex world where she lived and the destructive character of war. After her youngest child was killed in Belgium during the starting weeks of World Battle I, she committed the rest of her existence to using her art towards war.The play begins in Berlin in February 19 about Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Kathe Kollwitz 14 at a party in the Kollwitz house celebrating the eighteenth birthday of her son Peter. A few months later as war starts, Peter implores his parents for permission to become listed on his older sibling Hans to become soldier in the military.To uphold her sons’ idealism to sacrifice for the Fatherland, the socialist Kollwitz sees herself supporting them in a battle she deeply disapproved of. When the play concludes two weeks before Germany’s defeat at the end of World Battle II, Kollwitz offers learned that every war is solved by a new battle until everything is certainly smashed because every battle bears within it the war that will response it, as World War II responded World War I.Cast:Kathe Kollwitz: Yelena ShmulensonHans amd Karl Kollitz: Nick SullivanPeter Kollwitz: Robert FassJutta Kollwitz: Katherine KellgrenAdditional voices: Natalia Bell, Wilson Bridges, Butch D’Ambrosio, Nicholas Herd, Ryan McCabe, Alan SklarProduction credits:Sound play and booklet: Helen EngelhardtPoem translations: Professor Robert KramerTranslation assistants: Hanny Budnick, Almut FitzgeraldSpecial thanks: Dr. Krishna WinstonPackage style: David ShinnSculpture photos: Marjorie Van HalterenFront cover style: Sue ZizzaCrowd recordings: Natalie CorderoEngineering/Mastering: David ShinnDirector/Maker: Sue ZizzaSpecial thanks: The personnel of the Kathe Kollwitz Museum Koln