Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library tickets
About Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
1933 Berlin. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. When a young Gestapo officer arrests a philosophy graduate student, her interrogation will endanger them both.
Inspired by the real life arrest of Hannah Arendt, Jenny Lyn Bader's thrilling and timely new play illuminates the struggle for human connection and perseverance in even the darkest of times.
Hailed as "one of the best dramas of the year" (This Week in New York), Mrs. Stern returns after two sold-out Off Broadway runs and direct from its European Premiere at the Traverse Theatre as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
Run time
1hr 30min. No intermission
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Start date
September 12th, 2026
End date
October 25th, 2026
A wonderful play about Hannah Aren't, a real life German Jew who gets arrested in the 1930's. The plot centers around the relationship between Hannah and the police officer who is investigating her.
The play presents a look at Mrs. Stern (aka Hannah Arendt) during her imprisonment by the Gestapo in the early days of Hitler's regime. It gives a speculative look, grounded in her political-theoretical writings, at how she might have engaged with a relatively young (and new at his job) interrogator, and how he helped her escape (or might have) such that she did not go to a concentration camp and ultimately ended up in the US, where she produced some of her most important work.
Excellent one act play set in 1933 Berlin where a Jewish philosophy major is being detained and questioned by a young Nazi police officer. After several days of interrogation, there's a shift in their dynamic. This is a very well written play performed by three extraordinary actors.