TLI Presents: February 1933

Ato Blankson-Wood, actor Jeremy Shamos, actor David Strathairn, actor Knud Adams, director Dan Schlosberg, music director Jay Julio, musician Bernard Schwartz, producer

World Premiere. A reading, with music, of Uwe Wittstock’s February 1933: The Winter of Literature. Directed by Tony-nominated Knud Adams and featuring music supervised by composer/pianist Dan Schlosberg, this adaptation traces the swift collapse of Weimar Germany’s literary world through the plight of the famous Mann family: Nobel winner Thomas, his son the novelist/playwright Klaus; and his older brother Heinrich (The Blue Angel). February 1933 resonates powerfully with the perils of present-day American democracy and the ongoing fight to preserve the freedoms to read and write. 

This performance will be followed by a Meet the Makers conversation with the creative team.