Dr. Gail Humphries

Dr. Gail Humphries, Dean, College of Fellows of the American Theater-current; Likhachev/ Yeltsin Cultural Fellow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Fulbright Senior Scholar, Prague, CZ; Dean Emerita, Stephens College; Professor Emerita, American University.

Dr. Gail Humphries’ broad experience encompasses academic administration, curricula and program development, fundraising and the direction of over 180 productions, including drama, musical theatre, children’s theatre, the classics, and new works. She has taught master classes in theatre and arts administration, as well as directed in countries including Greece, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, the UK and the Czech Republic. She has served on multiple boards for non-profit arts organizations. Gail has been awarded several outstanding teaching, faculty and directing awards, and has published articles in multiple professional journals. She is the coeditor and contributing author to the book titled ARTS INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION: Theory, Research and Practice (Intellect Books Ltd. 2016; 2018). She has contributed chapters to two books published by Routledge -THE POWER OF WITNESSING: Reflections, Reverberations and Traces of the Holocaust (2012) and THE COURAGE TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (2018). She has developed curricula and new degrees in arts administration and arts education for various colleges and universities. Finally, her presentations have included nearly 100 panel discussions, workshops and keynote addresses at various conferences ranging from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Association for Arts Administration Educators, to the International Psychoanalytical Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland.

She is currently co-editing and contributing to new books with Dr. Karen Berman – STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST: Art for Healing and Renewal Vol. 1 On Stage and in Concert; Vol. 2 On Screen and in the Gallery., to be published by IPbooks.

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A Personal Welcome to the Holocaust Theater Catalog

A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...

Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Lifetime Achievement Award

On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.