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All Through the Night

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w

"Events...elevated to artistic dramatization. Most interesting is character transformations as the stories unfold." - Backstage
"We may know history but this play is electrifying!" - Chicago Free Press

All Through the Night

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/History
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee! 2006 Joseph Jefferson nomination as Best New Chicago Play of the Year

Details

Summary

All Through the Night speaks directly with a warning for today. Set during and after the Third Reich, a stylistic, surrealistic play inspired by interviews with German Gentile women. The play sweeps from their teen years through adulthood during the Holocaust and beyond. The Nazi Regime impacts the women's lives as they struggle over work, religion, marriage and motherhood. Making overwhelmingly hard choices, they survive or succumb to Hitler's Reign and are changed forever.A sylistic, surrealistic play. Minimal set and minimal props. An unconventional timeframe that jumps a chronological order.

  • Time Period 1950s, 1940s/WWII
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Events...elevated to artistic dramatization. Most interesting is character transformations as the stories unfold." - Backstage

"We may know history but this play is electrifying!" - Chicago Free Press"Intensely moving...a compelling play...smart yet strikingly sympathetic...significant!" - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

"No story less told than what happened to the German Christian women (in WWII)...such relevance to what is happening now...fascinating...the emotional side of war ..." - TimeOut

"A gem. Highly recommended. Remarkable. One of the finest new works shown on a Chicago stage in several years...seldom have I seen such a polished, smartly constructed work! Rich in drama and emotion...wonderfully written...SEE THIS SHOW!" - Chicagocritic.com

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Shirley Lauro

Guggenheim Fellow Shirley Lauro's best-known work is A Piece of my Heart. With over 2,000 productions, it was named "among our top-produced plays worldwide" for the second consecutive year, including dramas and musicals (Nate Collins, President, Samuel French Play Publishers, ...

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