Excerpted comments on the play, "Karski"

"Riveting…Marc P. Smith is a man with a moral artistic purpose. Smith’s method of bringing Karski’s story to life (brings) an edifying gravitas and import to the subject matter…It’s an important work of great, indisputable virtue."

Telegram & Gazette

"Karski" is simply extraordinary—moving, informative, of course unsettling, with valuable insights and reflections on the horrors of World War Two…Your play helps to recover memory and challenges us to reflect on the present. I hope many others have the opportunity to see it"

Michael True, Professor Emeritus, Assumption College

"’Karski’ is a superbly written piece and marvelously presented. This is a very important story with an important message for all time. The clarity of language and the fascinating story line make this a powerful theatre work."

Howard Jacobson, retired business executive, philanthropist

"I wanted to express how powerfully your production of ‘Karski’ affected me at last night’s performance, so much so that I was unable to congratulate you in person. Kudos to you and the terrific job the cast did in portraying the emotional and physical trauma of a time in our history that cannot and should not be forgotten."

Sharon Latka Davis, free-lance journalist, retired.

"This somewhat neglected hero finally has come alive in the theater; Marc Smith's play provided an exceptional vehicle through which to experience Jan Karski and the horrors of the time and the world in which he lived. The play gives insights into the man as well as the work he set out to do. This is an amazing, somber, meaningful and moving play that I hope will reach those who need to know more about Jan Karski."

Rosian Zerner, former vice-president, World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust.

"Marc P. Smith's newest play "Karski" …was an excellent and deeply moving presentation of a real story of one of the heroes of the anti-Nazi underground movement during the second world war in Poland. Several years ago I had met Professor Karski and talked with him extensively about his underground activities. I truly feel that Smith did an excellent job portraying Jan Karski."

Malgorzata Z. Pfabe, Sophia Smith Professor of Physics, Smith College

"Thought provoking, informative, and spell-binding."

Ann Stamm, audience member

"Both the content and the presentation of the play were powerfully effective. The ambience of the Hibernian also reminded me of places where I heard programs in Warsaw in 1989, before the change in the Polish government. My one genuine regret was that there was not another performance to which I could bring other friends."

Rev. Robert Carroll Walter

"My grandmother always told stories about our family's experience in the war, so ‘Karski’ piqued my interest. The actors and actresses were absolutely amazing; they conveyed such emotion and were so convincing. They made it possible for me to envision what it might have looked like."

Sarah Shugrue, Americorps VISTA in the Donelan Office of Community Based Learning at College of the Holy Cross.