The berlin diaries / BY andrea stolowitz

THEATER J, 2025

DIRECTOR / ELIZABETH DINKOVA
SCENIC DESIGNER / SARAH BETH HALL
LIGHTING DESIGNER / COLIN K. BILLS
COSTUME DESIGNER / JOHNNA PRESBY
SOUND DESIGNER / SARAH O’HALLORAN
MEDIA DESIGNER / DEJA COLLINS
PROPERTIES ARTISAN / PAMELA WEINER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN MAXWELL

The regional premiere of this absorbing play, directed by Elizabeth Dinkova at Theatre J, takes place in set designer Sarah Beth Hall’s wonderfully dusty old archives, replete with faded volumes and plump packets of documents. We understand that these nondescript records contain information that no one has bothered to look at for decades. We learn that a single misfiled folder or a mistakenly recorded address can throw a passionate researcher right off the trail.

AMY KOTKIN / DC THEATER ARTS