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Eight Nights
Author(s): Jennifer Maisel
Eight Nights is set during eight nights of Chanukah over eight decades, from 1949 to 2016. Holocaust survivor Rebecca Blum arrives in America at 19 and observes the holidays in the same apartment each year with her father, husband, friends, daughter, and granddaughter, as she tries to vanquish the past that still haunts her.
Format: Drama
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production: Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Reactions to the Holocaust