REVIEWS
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“Unsparing… Should surely exist in perpetuity…
flawlessly performed and elegantly directed.”
“A newly relevant play about Nazism.”
“Astonishingly relevant.”
– Huffington Post
“The Obligation delivers life lessons…
Roger Grunwald’s acting (it’s great).”
“… Brilliant… Grunwald’s characters command
the stage… [he] is an excellent actor.”
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ARTICLES
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”Visiting my mom’s Nazi era Home"
– The Jewish News of Northern California
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Arts and Entertainment July 24, 2017
– Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle
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“We need to say goodbye to divisive identity politics”
– Roger Grunwald, The Jewish Chronicle (U.K.)
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“One man’s ‘Obligation’ to recount the painful truths of the Holocaust”
– The Jewish News of Northern California
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
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“The Obligation is spectacular and so relevant for young people, especially for high school students for whom full rights of
citizenship are just a few years - or months - away…
[Grunwald is] a masterful story-teller.”
– Michelle Haner
Theater Instructor at the French-American
International School in San Francisco
“Riveting.”
– Philip C. Sneed
Executive Director, Arvada Center
for the Arts and Humanities, Colorado
“… a tour de force.”
– Susan Finkelstein
Board Chair, Olney Theater Center, Maryland
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