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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Author(s): Jenny Lyn Bader
Berlin, 1933. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. The Gestapo has arrested a graduate student suspected of conducting illegal research. She undergoes intense questioning, and the arrival of a lawyer sent to defend her only complicates matters. But the encounter takes surprising turns as an earnest young officer must interrogate the iconic political thinker Hannah Arendt—a woman in possession of untold wit, charm, and ideas. Inspired by real events, this fantastical drama delves into the life and mind of one of history’s deepest thinkers.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size: 1F/2M
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Study guides: ssternstudyguide
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
59E59 Theaters + Luna Stage, New York, October 18–November 10, 2024; transferred to WP Theatre, New York, 2024–2025.
59E59 Theaters + Luna Stage, New York, October 18–November 10, 2024; transferred to WP Theatre, New York, 2024–2025.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
Dramatists Play Service (2025)
Production Rights Holder:
Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Escape | Resistance | Women and the Holocaust | Deniers and Denial | Righteous Gentiles | Rescue | European Jewry Before 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.