Playwrights Local Presents A Free Staged Reading
TRIBUNAL
Written by Mark Milo Kessler
Directed by Christine McBurney
Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 pm
Free with no tickets or reservations required
Open to the public | Recommended for adults & teens
Synopsis: Following his combat service in World War II, lawyer Richard Parkman joins the prosecution team at the Nuremberg Trial. Melanie Ferguson, a hard-edged war correspondent, drags refugee and linguist Arthur Borovitz to Parkman because she knows the Tribunal is desperate for translators. When Dr. Hannelore Schneider tries to rob him one night, Arthur offers her a job helping him translate documents. Hannelore is a devout Nazi, but she is also an intellectual. Parkman, increasingly desperate to understand how such cultured people could commit such horrible acts, summons her for interrogation. The experience leaves him with a crushing responsibility, including a secret that propels him into a future that promises to be nearly unbearable.