PLAYING LENI
by David Robson and John Stanton
A fictionalized account of the capture and arrest of Leni Riefenstahl, filmmaker and propagandist for the Third Reich during World War II. Her captor, an unnamed Allied soldier, must transport Riefenstahl to a detention center. Riefenstahl, however, believes this “trip through the countryside” is the perfect opportunity to create her cinematic masterwork. Writing and rewriting her story as they travel, Riefenstahl comes face to face with the inescapable truths of war, privation, and death camps. The mystery soldier becomes jailer, confessor, and actor in Riefenstahl’s unending pursuit to produce, direct, and edit each piece of her life—blurring the lines between art and reality, ambition and conscience, innocence and culpability
- Cast Size: 1M 1W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwrights
David Robson is an award-winning playwright whose plays include WITHOUT CONSENT, AFTER BIRTH OF A NATION, and PLAYING THE ASSASSIN. Work has been produced by TheaterWorks Hartford, Delaware Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, InterAct Theatre Company, and Act II Playhouse, among others. David is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild, the Playwrights’ Center, and is a former playwright in residence at the Lark in New York City.
As well as a playwright, John Stanton is a professional singer-songwriter. He’s been Co-Artistic Director of Madhouse Theater Company since 1999. Some of his other works include Happy Hour, No Show and Rogue Mime.
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