Here There Are Blueberries Tickets

By: Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich; conceived by Kaufman
Director: Moisés Kaufman
Producer: New York Theatre Workshop
Cast list: Scott Barrow, Nemuna Ceesay, Kathleen Chalfant, Noah Keyishian, Jonathan Raviv, Erika Rose, Anna Shafer, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Charlie Thurston, Grant Varjas
Design: Derek McLane
Costumes: Dede Ayite
Lighting: David Lander
Sound: Bobby McElver
Other info: Projection designer David Bengali, intimacy coordinator and sensitivity specialist Ann James, and associate director and dramaturg Amy Marie Seidel

Here There Are Blueberries off Broadway is written by Moisés Kaufman & Amanda Gronich and conceived and directed by Kaufman. A co-production between New York Theatre Workshop and Tectonic Theater Project, the play brings together two of today’s most exciting new-work generators. New York Theatre Workshop is known for its bold productions that often transfer to Broadway, including Rent and Hadestown, while Tectonic Theater Project brings a keen, documentary-style approach to its plays, including the well-loved and perhaps most famous work, The Laramie Project.

While New York Theatre Workshop is based off Broadway, Tectonic often presents works around the country. The company has a unique approach to its process called “Moment Work,” in which it zeroes in on specific moments found in artifacts or first-person accounts to build out a dramatic story. A rigorous process of research and collaboration is the foundation of Tectonic Theater Project, and that style helps create challenging, innovative, and historical works like Here There Are Blueberries.

What to watch for

• The Los Angeles Times adored this nonfiction drama following its run at La Jolla Playhouse in 2022. “The play meditates on the images of Nazi concentration camp workers fraternizing in a startlingly casual manner,” chief critic Charles McNulty wrote.
• The cast features Kathleen Chalfant, who is one of New York City’s most adored stage performers. Perhaps most well-known for originating the role of Hannah Pitt and others in the original Broadway cast of Angels in America, Chalfant received a Tony Award nomination for her work in that play. She has also starred in Wit, which earned her multiple awards.
• Kaufman is the recipient of the 2016 National Medal of Arts, given to him by President Barack Obama for sharing American stories that demand compassion and understanding.
• Fans of The Laramie Project will know that Tectonic Theater Project works often showcase real-life characters. The company strings interviews together to become the script for Tectonic plays, so the voices and stories of actual people are represented and celebrated in a documentary style.