Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great-grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy in The Berlin Diaries. How do you find home when a family history is scattered like the torn pages of a journal entry released to the wind? Two performers become generations of characters in an attempt to stitch together clues and restore memories formerly lost to time. How do people become verschollen, lost, like library books, leaving only the dusty outline – a life reduced to negative space? Stolowitz searches for clues that propel her forward and backward in time, pursuing a family history formerly lost to war. In a breathtaking journey around the world, what will remain lost and what will be found at the intersection of national history and private lives?
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An Enemy of the People (10/29/25-11/23/25)
Your Name Means Dream (3/12/25-4/6/25)
Out of Character (1/8/25-1/26/25)
One Jewish Boy (6/7/23-7/2/23)
Two Jews Walk Into a War… (1/11/23-2/5/23)
The Pianist of Willesden Lane (12/6/22-12/18/22)
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (9/7/22-9/25/22)
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities (6/9/22-7/3/22)
Nathan the Wise (3/16/22-4/10/22)
Chanukah in the Dark (12/6/25-12/21/25)
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Fremont Ave.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/8 - 12/7) | |
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The Snowman and The Snowdog
Imagination Stage (11/22 - 1/4)
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Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (12/5 - 12/23) | |
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Chanukah in the Dark
Theater J (12/6 - 12/21) | |
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Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company (12/2 - 1/4) | |
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ho ho ho ha ha ha ha
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (11/13 - 12/21) | |
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Catch Me If You Can
Shenandoah Conservatory (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis with Colin Mochrie & Asad Mecci – Washington, DC
Lincoln Theatre (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Washington DC (12/12 - 12/12) | |
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Birthday Candles
1st Stage (12/4 - 12/21) | |
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Accused! The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective Returns! by Patricia Milton
Washington Stage Guild (11/20 - 12/14) | |
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Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
Washington Stage Guild (1/29 - 2/22) | |
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