![]() ![]() Tickets are on sale now online.ĬOVID Safety: All performances in STC spaces are mask recommended. ![]() Casting will be announced at a later date. Here There Are Blueberrieswill run May 7 through May 28 in Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC. The world premiere of Here There Are Blueberries was co-produced by Tectonic Theater Project and California’s La Jolla Playhouse, where the Los Angeles Times named it the Best of Theater 2022, referring to it as “an impeccable production with symphonic subtlety.” The San Diego Union Tribune called the production a “chilling world-premiere-engrossing, unsettling, and deeply moving” while BroadwayWorld exclaimed, “ Here There Are Blueberries should be staged in every major city in America.” We are eager to help Tectonic bring this play to audiences around the world, and we will continue to support meaningful and deeper conversations by connecting Blueberries audiences with world-renowned Holocaust scholars and medical (and other professions’) ethicists.” The play is very important to us, and the themes explored align with FASPE’s mission of bringing the doctors and other professionals who played such a prominent role in the design and execution of the Holocaust to contemporary examination. Green, CEO of Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics: “FASPE has been actively supporting Moisés, Amanda, and Tectonic Theater Project’s artists through their development process of Here There Are Blueberries for the past five years. Image courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The man in the photo is Karl Höcker (believed to be the owner/compiler of the photo album). Within the album, there was a pair of images (this one and the one in the background of the production still above) inscribed “Here there are blueberries” in German. On behalf of Moisés, Amanda, Amy, and the scores of artists who played a part in the development of this play, we’re profoundly grateful.” The image (colorized) that the play takes its title from. “Now, to be given this invitation from Simon and Chris and the family at Shakespeare Theatre Company is a tremendous honor. “The life of this production began in Washington, and was nurtured along the way by Michel Hausmann and Miami New Drama before being given a gorgeous world premiere production at the La Jolla Playhouse,” said Matt Joslyn, executive director of Tectonic Theater Project. It feels just right for it to have a home at STC this spring.” Rebecca Erbelding at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum gave us a map for exploring Karl Höcker’s album. “It means the world to me to bring this production to Washington where the journey of this play began more than a decade ago,” said Moisés Kaufman, founding artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project. “DC is where the story of this play began and I am thrilled we get to bring it back.” “I am sure STC patrons will appreciate this beautiful and resonant piece,” says Godwin. Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these photographs-what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and about our own humanity. In Germany, a businessman sees the album online, recognizes his own grandfather in the photos, and begins a journey of discovery that will lead him to a reckoning of his family’s past and his country’s history. As Rebecca and her team of historians begin to unravel the shocking story behind the images, the album soon makes headlines around the world. Here There Are Blueberries-conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman and written by Kaufman and Amanda Gronich-is based on true events surrounding a mysterious album of never-before-seen Nazi-era photographs that arrived at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist who was first given the photo album that the production centers. Elizabeth Stahlmann is performing the role of Rebecca Erbelding, the U.S. “But I am confident that STC audiences will find Here There Are Blueberries to be a resoundingly revelatory experience.” A still from the original La Jolla Playhouse production of ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ in 2022. “We regret not being able to deliver this production as we had originally anticipated,” said Artistic Director Simon Godwin. The production replaces Goddess, originally slated for May/June, which will no longer be part of the 22/23 season due to a scheduling matter that proved to be insurmountable. Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a new work this season from multi-Tony-nominated Moisés Kaufman, Amanda Gronich, and Tectonic Theatre Project ( The Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife): Here There Are Blueberries, winner of Theater J’s Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize.
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