FAU’s Theatre Lab will present the U.S. premiere of The Berlin Diaries, a play by Andrea Stolowitz, from November 24 to December 10!

The great-grandfather of Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz kept a journal for his descendants after escaping to New York City in 1939 as a German Jew. Following the complicated lure of genealogy, Stolowitz goes back to Berlin to bring the story of her unknown ancestors out of the archives into the light. The record keeps as many secrets as it shares: How do people become verschollen, lost, like library books?

After joining us with this play for the 2018 Playwright’s Forum, Stolowitz returns to The Lab for a full production. In this complex, contemporary drama about the search for home, fragmented heritage and Jewish diaspora, two performers scintillate between characters and locations at the border of reality and memory and the intersection of national history and private lives.

Directed by Matt Stabile.

Schedule of performances:

Friday, November 24 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 25 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 26 at 3 PM

Thursday, November 30 at 7:30 PM
Friday, December 1 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 3 at 3 PM

Thursday, December 7 at 7:30 PM
Friday, December 8 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 9 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 10 at 3 PM

Learn more and reserve your tickets here!