
june 14, 2025
A Night at the Theater: The Berlin Diaries
Performance and Post-Show Reception
By Andrea Stolowitz
Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova
Craig Benson & Joey Fink, Mollie Bowman & Oliver Macklin, Emily Heppen, Lorin Mones, and Danielle & Mat Yurow
Invite you to join us for:
A Night at the Theater
7:30pm Performance of The Berlin Diaries
9:00pm Cocktail Reception
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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