A Punchline

Staged Reading

2018

A Holocaust survivor, Leah, moves to Hollywood and creates a TV show featuring “funny Nazis” which has proven popular (as well as offensive to many). She tells her story in a synagogue as part of a lecture and discussion series, during which she remembers a special relationship she forged in the concentration camp, and the price she had to pay for survival on her own terms.

Written by Michael Schwartz

Directed by Mindy Cooper

The Cast

JanLee Marshall*

Talia Friedenberg

Ben Carter

Tristan Atkinson

Anthony Castillon

Andrea Varela

* Appearing through an Agreement between UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.