MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY Opens at 59E59 Theaters; See Opening Night Photos

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The production reunites the original cast, including Ella Kaille, Brett Temple, Drew Hirschfield, and Daniel Adam Cantor.

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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library , presented by Luna Stage and Richard Jordan Productions with Traverse Theatre , has opened at 59E59 Theaters . Written by Jenny Lyn Bader and directed by Ari Laura Kreith , the drama will run through October 25 in Theater A. See photos from opening night!

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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library returns to New York following two sold-out Off Broadway engagements, including its acclaimed 2024 run at 59E59 Theaters , before transferring to an extended engagement at WP Theater. It will return to 59E59 Theaters from its European premiere at the Traverse Theatre as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.

Set in 1933 Berlin, with martial law in effect and political activism having become a capital crime, the production follows a young Gestapo officer who arrests a philosophy graduate student, whose interrogation will endanger them both. Inspired by the real life arrest of Hannah Arendt, Jenny Lyn Bader 's thrilling and timely new play illuminates the struggle for human connection and perseverance in even the darkest of times.

The production reunites the original cast, including Ella Kaille , Brett Temple , Drew Hirschfield , and Daniel Adam Cantor . The creative team includes Scenic Designer Lauren Helpern , Lighting Designer Zachary Connell , Costume Designer Deborah Caney , and Sound Designer Greg Scalera .

Photo credit: Mike Mullan Photography

Winsome Brown , Jennifer Gibbs , Jenny Lyn Bader

Tommy Schrider , Drew Hirshfield

Richard Jordan , Hannah Starr , Ari Laura Kreith , Faith Baum

Richard Jordan , Carmel Owen

Richard Jordan , Ari Laura Kreith

Peggy Jacobs Bader, Nehemyah Danzig, Nina Runsdorf, Sasha Crews

Mary Maggio , Amy Stiller , Carol Dorn, Katherine Dorn

Maja Wampuszyc , Richard Vetere , Alice Jankell

Magda Ketz, Jenny Lyn Bader , Randie Levine Miller

Ken Waissman , Randie Levine Miller

Ken Waissman , Randie Levine Miller, David Staller

Katie Bar Tur, Kevin Scott , Amnon Bar Tur

Julie Kramer , Jenny Lyn Bader , Lauren Helpern

Judy Bowman , Sharon Cinnamon

Judy Bowman , Jenny Lyn Bader , Yahney Marie Sangaré

Jolyon Fox Stern, Richarda Abrams , Maja Wampuszyc

Jessica Roth, Jenny Lyn Bader , Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Jack Tantleff , Jenny Lyn Bader

Gwen Arment , Magda Katz , Maja Wampuszyc

Ella Kaille , Drew Hirshfield , Dave Stern, Jack Bowdan

Elisa Loti Stein, Jenny Lyn Bader , Darina Karpov, Libby Rosenfeld, Eric Price , David Petersen

Elisa Loti Stein, Eric Gardiner , Marsi Gardiner

Elie Keller, Richard Abrams, Cesi Davidson, Yahney Marie Sangaré

Debra Whitfield , Randie Levine Miller, Ken Waissman

David Staller , Brett Temple , Peggy Scott

Annemarie Hagenaars , Carmel Owen , Richarda Abrams , Jenny Lyn Bader , Ari Laura Kreith , Illana Stein

Alice Jankell , Jenny Lyn Bader , RK Greene

Victoria Rowan, Brett Temple , Kadin Person, Joan Cargill

Richard Jordan , Martin Platt

(front row:) Sage Mehta, Liesl Schillinger, Joan Cargill (back row): James Braly , Victoria Rowan, Kadin Person

Helene Robbins Bender, Ellen Scordato, Julie Kramer , Lauren Helpern

Richard Jordan , Jenny Lyn Bader

Yahney Marie Sangaré, Jenny Lyn Bader

Roger Berkowitz, Eliza Bryson

Elisa Loti Stein, Jenny Lyn Bader

Ari Laura Kreith , Jenny Lyn Bader , Ella Kaille , Brett Temple , & Drew Hirshfield

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