Hi, Hitler is the tragically funny story of a Jewish-German-immigrant-girl who grows up in a crazy artist family in downtown New York and is fascinated by Hitler. All she wants is to be normal and to belong. But the odds are against her. And so is homeland security.
Lucie Pohl re-invents the solo show genre with her hilarious, semi-autobiographical show combining stand-up comedy, storytelling and solo performance. Told in German and English, Lucie Pohl recounts her life growing up in a wacky family of actors and writers, first in Germany and then in the US and recreates her desperate efforts to fit in wherever she goes. From rocking out to David Hasselhoff in her native Hamburg, becoming her parent’s translator in New York, to being told that despite having grown up in the US she has no more legal right to live here, Lucie Pohl takes us on a journey through the life of a young woman and first generation immigrant, with humor, wit and poetry.
New York Theatre Guide’s Jeff Myhre calls the show “hilarious” and says “there isn’t a second where Lucie doesn’t engage the audience.”
Cast and Creative team for Hi, Hitler at Single Carrot Theatre
Lucie Pohl (writer, performer) is an actor, comedian, writer and solo show performer. NY Theatre Guide says, "as a performer she is unflappable" and calls her solo show debut Hi, Hitler "hilarious". Lucie received her MFA in Acting from the University of the Arts in Berlin. US film credits include David Chase's Not Fade Away (Paramount Vantage), Andy Fierberg's El Cielo Es Azul (Vox3 Films), Rosa von Praunheim's New York Memories, Andy Schaap'sMust Love Death (Winner NY Horror Film Fest), as well as over 20 film & tv productions in Europe. US Theatre credits: Three Graces (Immigrant's Theater Project / 3-LD), Alma Mahler: Widow of the 4 Arts (The Los Angeles Theatre), Red Flowers in the Snow (Roy Arias), Vocal Migrations (LaMaMa ETC.). She is the daughter of German playwright and actor Klaus Pohl and the Romanian singer Sanda Weigl. www.luciepohl.com
Jessi D. Hill (director) is Associate Artistic Director of terraNOVA Collective and a freelance theatre director based in NYC. Recent projects include work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater/Joe's Pub, Hoxton Hall (London), The Playwrights' Center, Primary Stages, Chicago Dramatists, The New Group, Culture Project, New Dramatists, Dixon Place, The Lark, The Playwrights Realm, New Georges, The Women's Project, Youngblood, Astoria Performing Arts Center, and others. She has been Staff Repertory Director for The Acting Company, a Director-in-Residence at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and a guest artist in professional training programs at Yale School of Drama, Fordham University, Long Island University, Powerhouse/NY Stage & Film, NYU/Tisch, Strasberg, Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Hunter College and others. MFA: Yale. Member SDC. www.jessidhill.com
Matt Hoverman (dramaturg), through his popular solo show workshops, has midwived over a hundred solo shows since 2001, including winners of the 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013 FringeNYC Best Solo Show Awards. As a playwright, his plays include Who You See Here (Optioned for Broadway by Nelle Nugent, producer; Christopher Ashley, director), The Glint; In Transit (FringeNYC Best Playwriting Award), The Student (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival Winner), The Audience (co-book writer, Drama Desk Best New Musical Award Nominee), Christmas Shorts: 5 Merry Little Comedies (published by Samuel French and quickly becoming a new holiday staple at theatres across the country.) Matt writes for the multi-Emmy Award winning PBS Kids show Arthur. Brown University, BA in Playwriting; UCSD, MFA in Acting. www.MattHoverman.com
Leonie Ettinger (production manager) is a NYC-based multi-disciplinary theatrical artist. She has worked in Germany, Israel and the UK including FFT Düsseldorf and The Tricycle Theatre, London. NYC collaborations include: Bridge Theatre Group, FringeNYC, Raised Spirits Theater, Poetic Theater Productions, LEIMAY, Urban Stages, The Brecht Forum, undergroundzero, IASNY, The Shades of Gray, The Secret Theatre, The Private Theater with John Gould Rubin, LaMaMa ETC with Everett Quinton, and The Living Theatre with Judith Malina. B.A. Anthropology and Media, Goldsmiths College - University of London; M.F.A.-Equivalent, Stella Adler Studio. www.leonieettinger.com
Jessi D. Hill (director) is Associate Artistic Director of terraNOVA Collective and a freelance theatre director based in NYC. Recent projects include work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater/Joe's Pub, Hoxton Hall (London), The Playwrights' Center, Primary Stages, Chicago Dramatists, The New Group, Culture Project, New Dramatists, Dixon Place, The Lark, The Playwrights Realm, New Georges, The Women's Project, Youngblood, Astoria Performing Arts Center, and others. She has been Staff Repertory Director for The Acting Company, a Director-in-Residence at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and a guest artist in professional training programs at Yale School of Drama, Fordham University, Long Island University, Powerhouse/NY Stage & Film, NYU/Tisch, Strasberg, Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Hunter College and others. MFA: Yale. Member SDC. www.jessidhill.com
Matt Hoverman (dramaturg), through his popular solo show workshops, has midwived over a hundred solo shows since 2001, including winners of the 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013 FringeNYC Best Solo Show Awards. As a playwright, his plays include Who You See Here (Optioned for Broadway by Nelle Nugent, producer; Christopher Ashley, director), The Glint; In Transit (FringeNYC Best Playwriting Award), The Student (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival Winner), The Audience (co-book writer, Drama Desk Best New Musical Award Nominee), Christmas Shorts: 5 Merry Little Comedies (published by Samuel French and quickly becoming a new holiday staple at theatres across the country.) Matt writes for the multi-Emmy Award winning PBS Kids show Arthur. Brown University, BA in Playwriting; UCSD, MFA in Acting. www.MattHoverman.com
Leonie Ettinger (production manager) is a NYC-based multi-disciplinary theatrical artist. She has worked in Germany, Israel and the UK including FFT Düsseldorf and The Tricycle Theatre, London. NYC collaborations include: Bridge Theatre Group, FringeNYC, Raised Spirits Theater, Poetic Theater Productions, LEIMAY, Urban Stages, The Brecht Forum, undergroundzero, IASNY, The Shades of Gray, The Secret Theatre, The Private Theater with John Gould Rubin, LaMaMa ETC with Everett Quinton, and The Living Theatre with Judith Malina. B.A. Anthropology and Media, Goldsmiths College - University of London; M.F.A.-Equivalent, Stella Adler Studio. www.leonieettinger.com
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