It is 1928. Fascism is taking hold; revolutionaries are organizing; creatives are trying to capture the ineffable nature of their changing city; and – as everything falls apart – everyone is faced with a choice: abandon Berlin or fight to survive.
BERLIN won multiple Jeff Awards in 2025. Full list can be found here.
Aided Production Dramaturg David Levin in dramaturgical research for a world premiere adaptation. Collaborated on production design decisions during weekly production meetings.
Dramaturgy Intern
Court Theatre | 2025
Team
Production
Jason Lutes (Author)
Mickle Maher (Adaptor)
Charles Newell (Director)
John Culbert (Scenic Designer)
Jacqueline Firkins (Costume Designer)
Keith Parham (Lighting Designer)
Mark Messing (Sound Designer and Composer)
David J. Levin (Development and Dramaturgy)
Julia Rhoads (Movement Director)
Kory Danielson (Music Consultant)
Sheryl Williams (Culture and Consent Consultant)
Sammi Grant (Vocal and Dialect Consultant)
Becca McCracken (Casting)
Kate Ocker (Production Stage Manager)
Katie Moshier (Stage Manager)
Olivia Leslie (Assistant Stage Manager)
Cast
Raven Whitley (Marthe Müller)
Tim Decker (Kurt Severing)
Ellie Duffey (Silvia Braun/Ensemble)
Elizabeth Laidlaw (Gudrun Braun/Adolf Hitler/Ensemble)
Terry Bell (Kid Hogan/Ensemble)
Kate Collins (Margarethe von Falkensee/Ensemble)
Mo Shipley (Anna Lenke/Ensemble)
Jack Doherty (David Schwartz/Ensemble)
Guy Van Swearingen (Otto Schmidt/Ensemble)
Christopher Meister (Otto Braun/Ensemble)
Molly Hernández (Pola Mosse/Ensemble)
Jo Selmeczy 