The Ordinary and the Atrocious

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A summer camp for German-American children to be indoctrinated into Nazi ideology. A young Jewish boy coming of age in the Philippines after escaping Nazi Germany. A photo album of Auschwitz staff relaxing. The subject matter varies widely, but eighty years on, the Holocaust and its stories continue to haunt contemporary playwrights.

Bess Wohl (Camp Siegfried), Boni B. Alvarez (Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy), and Amanda Gronich (Here There Are Blueberries) come together with S. Dylan Zwickel (The Moss Maidens) to discuss their use of theatre, with its unique immediacy, to grapple with a past that feels ever more present.

The 2026 PEN World Voices Festival is a celebration of world literature and free expression. The 2026 edition will be the 21st World Voices Festival. Over four days, over 140 writers from over 40 countries will be featured in engaging talks, panels, readings, and activations in New York City and greater Los Angeles.

The LGBT is a fully ADA accessible space.

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