Here There Are Blueberries From Tectonic Theatre Project to Launch International Tour

The hit Off-Broadway show Here There Are Blueberries has announced that it will tour internationally in 2025. The show, created by Tectonic Theatre Project, is currently running at New York Theatre Workshop through June 30. Following two extensions, the play is now the highest-grossing production in the theatre's 45-year history. It was also recently named a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize.

Co-written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, and conceived and directed by Kaufman, the play follows the discovery of a photo album of Nazi officers at Auschwitz, and the questions those photographs raised about humanity's capacity for evil. It is based on a true story.

In a previous interview with Playbill, Kaufman explained, "Both Amanda and I have a family who died in the Holocaust. The Holocaust is the event that has been most written about in the history of literature. I always questioned what else there was to say. I never thought that there would be anything new. And then I saw these photographs, and they were something new and exciting. We spoke at great length about what happens when you center the perpetrators in the narrative, and yes, we were very daunted by that. We heard a lot of people saying, 'Well, don't humanize the Nazis.' And my response to that was, 'I don't have to humanize them. They're human'. There's a line in the play, 'Six million people didn't kill themselves.' It's important that we are also studying the psychology of the people who did this."

The New York Theatre Workshop cast of Here There Are Blueberries includes Scott Barrow, Nemuna Ceesay, Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant, Noah Keyishian, Jonathan Raviv, Sam Reeder, Erika Rose, Anna Shafer, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Charlie Thurston, and Grant James Varjas.

“We are immensely proud of the overwhelmingly positive reception Here There Are Blueberries has received during our engagement at New York Theatre Workshop. Tectonic Theater Project, along with our producing partners Brian and Dayna Lee and Sonia Friedman Productions, are committed now more than ever to sharing the impactful message of our play with larger audiences here in New York City, throughout the United States, and around the globe,” said Matt Joslyn, executive director of Tectonic Theater Project, in a statement.

The design team of Here There Are Blueberries features scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by David Lander, sound design by Bobby McElver, and projection design by David Bengali. Ann James serves as Intimacy Coordinator & Sensitivity Specialist, with Amy Marie Seidel as Associate Director & Dramaturg and Jacob Russell as Stage Manager. Casting is by Stephanie Yankwitt of TBD Casting.

The world premiere of Here There Are Blueberries was produced in 2022 by La Jolla Playhouse in California. Here There Are Blueberries is a co-production between New York Theatre Workshop and Tectonic Theater Project in partnership with Brian and Dayna Lee and Sonia Friedman Productions.

Information about the tour, including casting, will be provided at a later date.

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