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Moises Kaufman first sawthe photographsthat prompted the creation ofHere There Are Blueberriesin 2007.
He first contacted Rebecca Erbelding, the archivist and historian who brought the photos to light, in 2010.
A show both can and cannot help the moment it lands in.
Development processes take months, or, as withBlueberries, years.
But even the most slapdash productions dont go up in the same world in which they were conceived.
A genocide happened then, and one is happening now.
Angering theatergoers has to be okay, has to be something we stop fearing.
We are presented with lenses through which to witness our own moment.
Whats striking is thatHere There Are Blueberriesknows as much.
or Who arewein the story?
There isnt a single prisoner in the 116 images.
But why should that raft become a shield or a mask?
As it stands, all we can too often feels like next to nothing, yet still we hesitate.
Why not bring more of that difference and difficulty to the stage?
Maybe I was …Feigling.
Here There Are Blueberriesis at New York Theatre Workshop through June 16.
