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Eight Nights
Author(s): Jennifer Maisel
Eight Nights follows the journey of Rebecca Blum, a Holocaust survivor who arrives in the United States in December of 1949 at age 19. Set during eight nights of Chanukah over eight decades, from 1949 to 2016, Rebecca 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
Cast Size: 4M/3F
Running Time: 90 minutes
Character breakdown:
Rebecca Blum
Erich Blum
Aaron
Anna Blum
Benjamin
Arlene
Steven
Notes:
Winner of the 2021 Ovation Award for Best Playwriting.
Visit the playwright’s website: jennifermaisel.com
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Pear Theatre, Mountain View, California, November 19–December 12, 2021. Detroit Public Theatre, September 27–November 5, 2023.
Pear Theatre, Mountain View, California, November 19–December 12, 2021. Detroit Public Theatre, September 27–November 5, 2023.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Reactions to the Holocaust
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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.