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Caging Skies
Author(s): Desiree Gezentsvey
Johannes, a zealous member of the Vienna Hitler Youth, discovers that his family is hiding a young Jewish woman, Elsa, in their home. Her life in his hands, Johannes and Elsa embark on a journey that blurs the lines between the captive and the free, the victorious and the defeated, as the horrors of the war unfold, and each must find a way to survive. The story is not only an echo of past events that shook humankind to its core, but also a reflection of what is currently happening.
Format: Drama
Cast Size: 4
Notes:
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Original or Prominent Production:
Premiered at Circa Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, August 2017. Presented at the Kinokuniya Southern Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, fall 2024.
Premiered at Circa Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, August 2017. Presented at the Kinokuniya Southern Theatre, Tokyo, Japan, fall 2024.
Original Source Material: Based on the novel of the same title by Christine Leunens.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Represented by WME, New York: www.wmeagency.com
Script is available in English (original), as well as Spanish, French, Japanese and Euskera translations.
Experience(s) Chronicled: Hiding | Escape | Women and the Holocaust | Rescue | Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism
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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.