p>The play “Lebensraum” by Israel Horovitz runs through Nov. 20 at the June Havoc Theater in the Abingdon Theatre Complex in Manhattan. The play envisions a contemporary Germany and a chancellor who implements a flawed Holocaust reparations plan that sets off visceral responses with global affects.

Directed by Don K. Williams, the play stars Aidan Koehler, Adam Gerber, and Mickey Ryan, three actors from the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company who together play more than 50 characters throughout the performance. Call Nina Cappelli, (212) 689-0087.

Days after I learned I was going to Poland for a conference on Child Holocaust Survivors and their descendants, I was asked to prolong my stay by Sigmund Rolat, chairman of the North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. He wanted me to learn about the museum being built where the Warsaw Ghetto once stood (I discovered it sits on top of the street where my mother and grandmother lived) and to see some of Poland.

Most especially, however, Rolat wanted me to experience the I.B. Singer Festival, sponsored by The Shalom Foundation and run by a human powerhouse and the Polish queen of Yiddish culture, Golda Tencer. As an actress in the state-run E.R. Kaminska Yiddish Theater, Golda established the foundation in 1988 to promote Yiddish culture and “pass on its rich heritage.” In addition to theatrical performances, seminars, courses, and film festivals, the foundation established the first kindergarten and Sunday School for Jewish children in post-Communist Poland.

Even though he complained constantly about the pushy Jews who were driving him crazy, Harry Truman was no anti-Semite, says Truman’s former business partner Eddie Jacobson in the play “Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel,” currently at St. Luke’s Theater on W. 46th Street. That is just the way Truman talked. His conversation was always laced with profanity, and “Jewing someone down” was an ordinary colloquialism.

Playwright Mark Weston has written what is essentially a one-man play and added two more characters to tell the story of a historically pivotal friendship. Rick Grossman as Eddie is on stage for the whole 90 minutes, with Harry Truman (Dan Hicks) and Bluma Jacobson (Lydia Gladstone) coming on in several scenes for a few minutes at a time. The simple set effectively employs photographic images as time shifts from the beginning of the 20th century until 1948, when Israel was declared a state.

Artistic New Directions presents “After Anne Frank” as part of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival, at the Connelly Theater in Manhattan, on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 3:15 p.m. The personal memoir is written and performed by Carol Lempert. Through Aug. 25. (866) 468-7619 or www.fringenyc.org.www.fringenyc.org.

The West Side Theatre in Manhattan, 8:03 p.m. The stage lights up revealing eight all-white creatures except for their red lips. They scream. The lights turn off.

So begins the new Off Broadway show “The Voca People.” The premise is that aliens from Voca, a planet behind the sun, crash-land on Earth. They communicate only through song and sounds. Singing is also an energy source for the Voca’s spaceship; the aliens sing human songs, unaccompanied, to get enough power to fly home.

The brainchild of creator Lior Kalfo and co-creator and musical director Shai Fishman, “The Voca People” originated in Tel Aviv. The troupe of six vocalists and two “beat boxers” (artists who use their mouths to make incredible sound effects) gained popularity from a video of a practice session that was posted on YouTube. Now, with more than 8 million hits, “The Voca People” are an international sensation.

I had a chance to see Jake Ehrenreich in “A Jew Grows in Brooklyn” at the Queens Theatre in the Park and was pleasantly surprised by a delightfully entertaining evening. Ehrenreich, in his one-man show, tells his life story of growing up as the first American-born child of Holocaust survivors. He recounts stories of vacationing with other “griner” families, working the Catskill resorts, and trying his talents in the world of rock.

Black Box Studio’s summer musical theater camp will perform “1776” at the Jewish Center of Teaneck July 21 at 8 p.m. and July 24 at 1 and 8 p.m. Artistic director Matt Okin will direct with musical direction by Mea Moon and choreography by Giselle DʼSouza. Visit www.blackboxnynj.com.

The Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, in conjunction with Kaplen JCC on the Palisades School of Performing Arts, offers a musical theater workshop for intermediate and advanced performers 9 to 17. The session, at bergenPAC, runs July 6 to 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

An original piece, “Musical Mischief – Practically Perfect in Every Way,” will be performed on Friday, July 22, at 5:30 p.m., in the bergenPAC Cabaret. There will be a gala performance on Sunday, July 24 at 4 p.m., at the Kaplen JCC’s Eric Brown Theater, which includes industry professionals and a special dedication by Angelica Berrie in memory of David Benaroya.

Daily at 3:20 p.m. students are bussed to the JCC for a swim in the outdoor pool. Fee for the three-week program is $1,185 for non-members and $995 for members. Enrollment is limited to 20 and an audition/interview is necessary. Call Inbal Israeli at (201) 569-7900, ext. 1493.