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...
Freedom
In the hours before their American naturalization ceremony, a Holocaust survivor and an Irish immigrant, both with deep emotional scars, meet and discover they are more alike than they are different.
Format: One Act
Cast Size:1m/1w
Character breakdown:
One Male, Early 40s
One Female, Early 70s
One Female, Early 70s
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Southern Rep Theatre, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, July 2013
Southern Rep Theatre, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, July 2013
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
Joyce Pulitzer
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | The Ghettos | Women and the Holocaust | Liberation | Rescue
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Views, reference and research of interest.
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.