Stories of the Holocaust offers a rich constellation of artistic responses to the Holocaust. Editors Berman and Humphries have assembled a diverse and dynamic team of scholars and artists who tackle this weightiest of subjects with clarity, confidence, and urgency.”
—HENRY BIAL, PhD, author of Acting Jewish, Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Kansas, Past President, Association for Theatre in Higher Education
“These extensive two volumes provide the educated reader with a powerful collective space for both healing and resistance to genocide and hate.”
—Dr. Shoulamit Milch-Reich, Israeli Psychologist and Trauma Therapist
“. . . a profound journey through the poignant narratives and visual representations of the Holocaust, challenging us to envision a future shaped by compassion and justice, utilizing creativity and art as pathways to remembrance and healing.”
—Thomas Schumacher, Chief Creative Officer, Disney Theatrical Group
“In 2018, I was asked to direct a new production of Fiddler on the Roof…I was able to achieve a final sequence that caused palpable distress and horror in our audience…We were witness to inhumanity, to inexplicable prejudice, to what would become . . . the Holocaust.”
—SIR TREVOR NUNN, British Theatre Director and former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre
“Drs. Karen Berman and Gail Humphries take us on a profound journey through the poignant narratives and visual representations of the Holocaust, challenging us to envision a future shaped by compassion and justice while utilizing creativity and art as pathways to remembrance and healing.”
—THOMAS SCHUMACHER, Chief Creative Officer, Disney Theatrical Group
Co‐editor Karen Berman, PhD, is Dean Emerita, College of Fellows of the American Theatre; Past Chair and Artistic Director, Department of Theatre and Dance, Georgia College; and director of over 150 productions. She is Co‐Founder and Artistic Director of Washington Women in Theatre, and has directed at the Smithsonian and Off‐Broadway.
Co‐editor Gail Humphries, PhD, is Dean Emerita, College of Fellows of the American Theatre; Likhachev/Yeltsin Cultural Fellow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Fulbright Senior Scholar, Prague, CZ; Dean Emerita, Stephens College; and Professor Emerita, American University. Dr. Humphries has directed over 180 productions.
Drs. Berman and Humphries are both authors of multiple publications focusing on social justice and the arts, and have assumed several major arts leadership positions over recent decades.
