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...
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EVA — Early 40s, well-bred German antiques dealer
CESCIA — Early 20s, DP, emotionally distant widow
KARL — Mid 20s, DP, upper-class German Jew
BRUNO — Mid 20s, DP and Black Marketeer
BASIA — Early 20s, DP, an affable soul
TOLA — Early 20s, DP, Basia’s best friend
MYER — Early 20s, DP and avowed Bundist
ITZHAK — Early 20s, DP and fervent Zionist
ELZBIETA — Mid 30s, DP, crippled and sardonic
MOSZEK — Late 20s–early 30s, DP Camp committee member
AVRAM — Late 20s–early 30s, DP Camp committee member
JOZEF — Late 20s–early 30s, DP
INGRID — Mid 30s, German Cabaret singer, played by the actor playing Elzbieta
FRIEDA — Early 20s, DP, a beautician-in-training played by the actor playing Tola
MARIE — 20s, German maid, played by the actor playing Basia
REBBE — 30s, Chassid with long beard, played by the actor playing Jozef
Finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award, 2024.
Snapshot
TRU Voices New Play Reading Series, New York, 20202.
Marc Paykuss—visit playwright’s website.
HTC Insights
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.