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...
We Will Not Be Silent
Author(s): David Meyers
Brief synopsis: "We Will Not Be Silent" tells the true story of Sophie Scholl, a German college student who led the only major act of civil disobedience to the Nazis during the Second World War.
The play is not about the Holocaust - but examines the role that ordinary Germans played in the rise of Hitler, and the strength and courage that led a group of German students to risk their lives for a righteous, but hopeless, cause.
Format: Full-length drama
Cast Size:1W,2M
Character breakdown:
Sophie Scholl, 21
Kurt Grunwald, a Nazi police officer, 50s
Hans Scholl, 24
Kurt Grunwald, a Nazi police officer, 50s
Hans Scholl, 24
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Contemporary American Theater Festival -- 5 Regional Productions tota
Contemporary American Theater Festival -- 5 Regional Productions tota
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:
Publisher and publishing dates – pending
Production Rights Holder:
Production rights holder: David Meyers — www.DavidActs.com
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.