cover image by Danica Novgorodoff
“…There is a certain
excitement that one experiences quite quickly when exposed to his playsit
doesn't take long to recognize a truly gifted writer who has an emotionally (and
otherwise) quite powerful story to tell….
TRUEBLINKA's title, the kiln and the Teutonic family name are not the only
markers of this holocaust drama, writ small. But they are enough to set the
dark, creepy, metaphor-heavy story in motion….
This is theater worth staying up for.”
Les Gutman, Curtain Up
“Though
the title suggests a meditation on history's worst atrocities, Adam Rapp's
TRUEBLINKA is essentially a dysfunctional-American-family play, inflated
to apocalyptic proportions.
In a dimly lit house somewhere in creepiest flyover country…
It's laudable that Rapp doesn't shy away from difficult subject matter at a
time when most new plays risk so little….”
Village Voice
4 M, 3 F
originally produced Last Minute Productions, New York
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$12.95