←Recommendations of BERLINDIA!

I cannot stop thinking about (and raving about!) this play since I saw it this summer at the Tank. An absolutely brilliant absurdist romp that gave me everything I didn't know I wanted. Deeply affecting and absolutely hilarious- with some of the best holocaust jokes in any piece. Burger, Fuck, Mother, and Father are such real people despite the absurdism of the play, wonderful hysterical and meaty roles for actors. A play about how our mothers are people and what the fuck do we do with that?

An absurd play that knows how to use all the conventions of theatre. It has so much heart, too. It's a play about a family of people that really love each other but also know how to let go when it's necessary. I loved the relationship between Burger and Fuck. They care so deeply for each other. I was moved when Burger questions whether her affection for Fuck is a good or bad thing when it comes to his growth. This play asks deep questions like that while also being hilarious. I loved all the outrageous stage directions.

Playwrights Foundation congratulates BERLINDIA! as an Honorable Mention for the 45th Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022. Our Literary Council advocated strongly for the unique way the playwright creates an elusive, fantastical world that is fun and constantly in motion. We highly enjoyed the play's dramatic questions about being separated from people and places you love, and if those people & places are constantly changing, how do you stay connected to them, and find them again? Is loss change and is change loss? Can they be separated? We encourage producers to consider this work for further collaboration and production. #BAPF45

A hilarious, hyper-theatrical, compelling journey that explores family, identity, inherited trauma, longing, and more as Burger and her brother navigate one of the most dynamic and distinct theatrical worlds I've seen created. I'd so love to see a visionary and creative production team take it on. The eclectic, chaotic, yet aesthetically-cohesive universe serves as a great symbolic foundation for the sense of exploration, searching, yearning, journeying, migrating, and discovery threaded thematically throughout the play. Quiet and profound moments become all the more potent when juxtaposed with the volume of the rest of the play.

The Jewish Plays Project recommends BERLINDIA! as a Semi-Finalist for the 11th annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. Our community of readers highly enjoyed the formal experimentation of this play capturing themes of migration, displacement, and wandering that feel inherently Jewish. This play asks the question: "if my family is my only home, what anchors me when my family grieving intergenerational trauma or disappears? This play is intersectional and gives JewBu characters their moment in the sun (or moon!). BERLINDIA! rose to the top of 20 out of 250 plays and we hope this play swiftly finds opportunities to reach new audiences.