Here There Are Blueberries is a 2018 play by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich.
Summary
In 2007, a mysterious Nazi-era photo album, retrieved by a U.S. counterintelligence officer out of a trash can in 1946, arrives at the desk of Rebecca Erbelding, a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. Controversy ensues after said photo album makes headlines while a German businessman sees his own grandfather in one of the photographs online.
Productions
The play, under the title The Album: Here There Be Blueberries premiered as a work in progress at the Colony Theatre in 2018. The piece subsequently premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2022 and played at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2024.
Accolades
It was one of the finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
See also
- The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer's 2023 Academy Award-winning feature similar in content
References
- ^ Evans, Greg (May 6, 2024). "Eboni Booth's 'Primary Trust' Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize For Drama; Books & Music Winners Announced". Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- "Here There Are Blueberries". Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ "Here There Are Blueberries (Off-Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop, 2024) | Playbill". Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- Bailey, Ronald (April 26, 2024). "Review: 'Here There Are Blueberries' investigates a Nazi photo album". Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- "The Album". Colony Theatre. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020.
- "Review: La Jolla Playhouse's 'Here There Are Blueberries' a chilling examination of the roots of human cruelty". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- "The Pulitzer Prizes". Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-10.