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Korczak’s Children is about Dr. Janusz Korczak, a Polish and Jewish hero who lived in Warsaw, Poland and the children he raised in his Jewish orphanage.  Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, who was a pediatrician, educator and children's writer. He ran orphanages in Poland for over 20 years.

Our play takes place in 1942 during the Nazi invasion of Poland, when the orphanage was moved into the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland.  Dr. Korczak’s philosophy of raising children was unique for his time.  He felt children should be treated with both love and respect.  Korczak was not only their “parent” but their teacher and friend.  He encouraged the children to put on concerts and plays on a regular basis.  The play gives us a glimpse of a few weeks in the life of the people living in the orphanage. Korczak did his best to create as good and safe a home as possible for these children, but at one point, he discovers that his only recourse is to simply be there with them...