Cold Storage

Author(s): Ronald Ribman
An investment advisor in fine art encounters an Armenian fruit and vegetable merchant in the roof garden of a New York hospital. Through intensive probing, the cancer stricken Armenian unravels the paralyzing truth about his companion, the price he paid to survive the Holocaust.
Format: Full-length play
Cast Size:2M/1F
Notes:

Winner of the 1977 New York Drama Critics Award.

Snapshot

Original or Prominent Production:
The American Place Theatre, New York 1977; The Lyceum Theatre on Broadway, New York, 1977.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:

Samuel French

Production Rights Holder:

Samuel French

Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations

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