Here There Are Blueberries is a 2018 play by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich.
Summary In 2007, a mysterious Nazi-era photo album, retrieved by a U.S. counterintelligence officer out of a trash can in 1946, arrives at the desk of Rebecca Erbelding, a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. Controversy ensues after said photo album makes headlines while a German businessman sees his own grandfather in one of the photographs online. The play's title is the English translation of the handwritten caption Hier gibt es Blaubeeren, accompanying photos of young women – employed at the Auschwitz concentration camp as auxiliaries – enjoying bowls of blueberries.
Productions The play, under the title The Album: Here There Be Blueberries premiered as a work in progress as part of Miami New Drama 17/18 seasons at the Colony Theatre in 2018.
The piece subsequently premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2022In 2023, the play was performed at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Washington, D.C. shakespearetheatre.org Shakespeare Theatre Blueberriesaccessed 10-5-2026
The play made it's Off-Broadway debut at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2024. The NYTW production received a Drama League Award nomination for Outstanding Production of a Play and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. In 2025, McCarter Theatre Center launched a national tour of the production, which then traveled to The Wallis Annenberg and Berkeley Rep.
The play had its UK premiere in 2026 at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.www.strafordeast.com Stratford Blueberriesretrieved 10-5-2026The play will have its Chicago premiere in April 2027 at the Northlight Theatre.northlight.org Northlight Blueberriesaccessed 10-5-2026
In August 2026, the play was announced for a Broadway run in the Barrymore Theatre starting in November 2026.
Original casts and characters CharacterLa Jolla Playhouse (2022)Washington D.C. (2023)New York Theatre Workshop (2024)Tour (2025)London (2026)Broadway (2026)Karl Höcker and othersScott BarrowJudy Cohen and othersRosina ReynoldsKathleen ChalfantBarbara PittsGeraldine Alexander Kathleen ChalfantRebecca Erbelding and othersElizabeth StahlmannDelia CunninghamPhilippine Velge Delia CunninghamMelita Maschmann and othersJeanne SakataErika RoseJeanne SakataKirsten FosterMontego GloverCharlotte Schünzel and othersFrances UkuNemuna CeesayPaksie Vernon Michelle BeckTilman Taube and othersCharles BrowningMaboud EbrahimzadehJonathan Raviv Luke ForbesClifford SamuelConrad RicamoraRainer Höss and othersCharlie ThurstonMarrick SmithArthur Wilson Brandon FlynnPeter Wirths and others Grant James VarjasOs LeanseMichael Cerveris
Awards and nominations 2024 Off-Broadway production YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.2024Pulitzer Prize for Drama2025Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding New Off-Broadway PlayDrama League AwardOutstanding Production of a PlayLucille Lortel AwardsOutstanding PlayOutstanding DirectorMoisés KaufmanOutstanding EnsembleScott Barrow, Nemuna Ceesay, Kathleen Chalfant, Jonathan Raviv, Erika Rose, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Charlie Thurston, Grant James VarjasOutstanding Scenic DesignDerek McLaneOutstanding Projection DesignDavid Bengali
See also The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer's 2023 Academy Award-winning feature similar in content
References
External links Official website United States Holocaust Memorial Museum