Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

by Jenny Lyn Bader

Berlin, 1933.

With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime.

A young Gestapo officer arrests a graduate student suspected of illegal research. This interrogation promises to be most challenging as he faces the iconic 20th-century thinker Hannah Arendt.

Is she innocent? Or an enemy of the state? Inspired by real events, this fantastical drama delves into the life and mind of one of history's most profound thinkers.

THANKS FOR COMING

Coming Soon

Thanks to everyone who joined us at our Luna Stage production and Luna’s NY premiere at 59E59, directed by Ari Laura Kreith, or to our continued run at WP Theater, or the September run at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse!

MIss it or want to see it again? We return to Luna Stage October 3-November 2, 2025. Or if you’d like to see a reading and are in the Hudson Valley, find us at the Hannah Arendt Center conference at Bard College on October 17 at 6pm.

Some of you have asked how you can read this play… An acting edition of the play is forthcoming from Dramatists Play Service — meanwhile an EPub version of the manuscript is already available, just scroll down on the play’s page on their site for that option.