2022/2023 Season
Here There Are Blueberries
World-Premiere Play
July 26 – August 21, 2022 Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
By Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Conceived and Directed by Moisés Kaufman
A Co-Production With Tectonic Theater Project
What hidden secrets can a photograph reveal?
An album of never before seen World War II-era photographs arrives at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding. As Rebecca and her team of historians begin to unravel the shocking story behind the images, the album soon makes headlines around the world. In Germany, a businessman sees the album online and recognizes his own grandfather in the photos. He begins a journey of discovery that will take him into the lives of other Nazi descendants – in a reckoning of his family’s past and his country’s history. Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these photographs – what they reveal about the Holocaust and our own humanity. Descripción en Español
Production Sponsors
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
Vivien and Jeffrey Ressler
Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
All talkbacks are open to the public and will take place in the theatre directly after the performance.
ACCESS Performance (Audio Description): Saturday, August 13 at 2:00 pm
ACCESS performances offer American Sign Language interpretation for patrons who are d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing and Audio Description for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Inquire with Patron Services for available ACCESS subscription series (858) 550-1010.
Masks will be required indoors for all performances of Here There Are Blueberries. Proof of vaccination or negative Covid-19 PCR test results are not required. For up-to-date information regarding COVID-19 safety procedures, please visit our Covid Safety Page.
Complete ticket flexibility! Purchase tickets today and if for any reason you cannot attend on your performance date, call Patron Services to discuss options such as exchange, refunds, gift certificates.
La Jolla Playhouse’s on-site restaurant, James’ Place, is open for dinner service at 5:00pm nightly (Tuesday – Sunday) except on July 31. James’ Place offers full bar service and a selection of specialty Asian fusion, steak & coastal cuisine items, per the menu below. Reservations can be made by phone as well as OpenTable. Indoor and outdoor seating options are available. Please note, James’ Place is not open prior to matinee performances.
Concessions opens 90 minutes before showtime at the bar of James’ Place. Come early to relax outside and enjoy a selection of beer, wine, cocktails, sodas and individually wrapped snacks. All food and drinks must be consumed before entering the theatre.
Approximate run time: 90 minutes
Content Note: This production contains a brief flash of lights.
Cast & Creators
Moisés Kaufman
Playwright/Director
Broadway credits include the revival of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG, Rajiv Joseph’s BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO, and the Playhouse-developed productions of 33 VARIATIONS (Tony nom for Best Play) and Doug Wright’s I AM MY OWN WIFE (Obie Award, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award noms). West End: GROSS INDECENCY; I AM MY OWN WIFE; THIS IS HOW IT GOES. Off-Broadway/Regional: THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Drama Desk nom); THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER (Alice Tully Hall); GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play); Macbeth with Liev Schreiber (Delacorte Theater), among others. Film/TV: THE LARAMIE PROJECT (HBO, 2 Emmy noms for writing and directing, Humanitas Prize). Mr. Kaufman is the Artistic Director of Tectonic Theater Project and a Guggenheim Fellow in Playwriting.
Moisés Kaufman Playwright/Director
Amanda Gronich
Playwright
has devoted her career to bringing real life stories to the stage and screen. An Emmy-nominated non-fiction scriptwriter, she created hours of top rated programming for diverse broadcast networks. She served as the Supervising Senior Writer at Hoff Productions and worked as a series writer at National Geographic Television. A charter member of Tectonic Theater Project, she directed the company’s Toronto production of GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE and was one of the group of artists who traveled to Wyoming and co-created THE LARAMIE PROJECT, later made into an HBO film. Currently, Amanda works as a playwright and a script development consultant in theater and TV. She also teaches interview-based storytelling as a Master Instructor at the Moment Work Institute and is at work on a book about her original play devising methods.
Amanda Gronich Playwright
Scott Barrow
Karl Höcker and others
Charles Browning
Peter Wirths and others
Dana Colagiovanni
Understudy
Noah Keyishian
Understudy
Sabrina Liu
Understudy
Rosina Reynolds
Judy Cohen and others
Jeanne Sakata
Melita Maschmann and others
Elizabeth Stahlmann
Rebecca Erbelding and others
Charlie Thurston
Rainer Höss and others
Frances Uku
Charlotte Schünzel and others
Grant James Varjas
Tilman Taube and others
- Derek McLaneScenic Design
- Dede AyiteCostume Design
- David LanderLighting Design
- Bobby McElverSound Design
- David BengaliProjection Design
- Amy Marie SeidelDramaturg
- Ann JamesIntimacy and Sensitivity Specialist
- TBD Casting Co. / Stephanie Yankwitt, CSACasting
- Jacole KitchenCasting
- Lora K. PowellStage Manager
- Jacob RussellAssistant Stage Manager
- Benjamin SeibertSenior Production Manager
- Ryan MeisheidGeneral Manager
- Eric Keen-LouieExecutive Producer
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Venue Info
Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
The Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre is a black box flexible theatre seating up to 450 patrons, and the centerpiece of the 6,500-square-foot Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center.
