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Leopoldstadt
Author(s): Tom Stoppard
A drama about a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna, Austria in the early twentieth century. The family is tested to extreme limits through the events of World War I, World War II, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust. Spanning fifty years and multiple generations, Leopoldstadt follows the family’s reckoning with a past it cannot escape and a future it cannot control. The play explores the themes of family, love, and endurance, and the impact of war and the Holocaust on ordinary lives.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size: 14 men, 12 women, 5 boys, 4 girls (doubling, flexible casting)
Running Time: 2 hours and 20 minutes plus a 15-minute intermission
Character breakdown:
GRANDMA EMILIA
HERMANN, her son
EVA, her daughter
GRETL, married to Hermann
LUDWIG, married to Eva
WILMA, sister of Ludwig
ERNST, married to Wilma
HANNA, sister of Ludwig and Wilma
JACOB, son of Hermann and Gretl
PAULI, son of Ludwig and Eva
NELLIE, daughter of Ludwig and Eva
SALLY, daughter of Ernst and Wilma
ROSA, Sally’s twin
POLDI, cook/housekeeper
HILDE, parlour maid
JANA, nursemaid
FRITZ, a young officer
HERMINE, daughter of Hanna and Kurt
AARON, married to Nellie
KURT, married to Hanna
ZAC, married to Sally
OTTO, a banker
MOHEL
PERCY, an English journalist
LEO, son of Nellie and Aaron
NATHAN, son of Sally and Zac
MIMI, daughter of Sally and Zac
BELLA, Mimi’s twin
HEINI, son of Hermine and Otto
CIVILIAN
Notes:
Winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Play
Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play
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Original or Prominent Production:
25 January 2020, Wyndham's Theatre, West End, London, U.K; produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and directed by Patrick Marber. Subsequently performed on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, New York in October 2022; produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, and Lorne Michaels.
25 January 2020, Wyndham's Theatre, West End, London, U.K; produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and directed by Patrick Marber. Subsequently performed on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, New York in October 2022; produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, and Lorne Michaels.
Original Source Material: Inspired by Stoppard's family history.
Nationality of Author: U.K.
Original Language: English
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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.