Lilia Skala flees Nazi-occupied Austria and works her way out of a NY zipper factory to an acting career culminating in Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe award nominations. Libby Skala captures her grandmother’s indomitable spirit in a heart-warming one-woman show that explores the influence a grandmother can have on a young woman’s life. Libby Skala performed Lilia! in a successful Off-Broadway run at the Arclight Theatre, produced by Mirror Repertory Company; at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles presented by founder Gary Austin; and to sold out houses in London, Seattle, Toronto and Winnipeg (where it was selected “Best Show” out of 118 shows by University of Manitoba Radio (CJUM) at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival). Lilia! enjoyed a critically-acclaimed run at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver, followed by performances in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia and Berlin and Dresden, Germany. It toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and ran for three weeks in London, sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum.
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