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Unwrapped Gifts
Author(s): L. S. Goldberg
Born in Berlin in 1917, Charlotte Salomon grew up in an increasingly tense world. With the rise of Nazism and as family secrets unravel, Unwrapped Gifts asks the question: can art save one’s soul? A portrait emerges of a woman and artist haunted by death, unattainable love, and a world at the abyss. Out of the blackness surrounding her, Charlotte Salomon found light and hope.
Format: Full-length play
Cast Size:4M/4F
Character breakdown:
Charlotte Salomon
Albert Salomon
Paula Lindberg-Salomon
Alfred Wolfsohn
Marianne Grunwald
Ludwig Grunwald
Ottilie Moore
Alexander Nagler
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
The Workshop Theater, NYC.
The Workshop Theater, NYC.
Original Source Material: Based on the life and works of Charlotte Salomon.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
L. S. Goldberg
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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.