Production History
Since this inaugural production in 2018, our production of H*tler's Tasters has toured all over the world, selling out theaters and receiving glowing reviews, including a return, limited engagement off-Broadway at Theatre Row in the spring of 2022.
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"One of the best evenings I’ve spent in the theater in a long time. It was interesting, entertaining, upsetting and made you think."
- Susan Stroman, Legendary Director
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"What the playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks has successfully done is meld that past horror with the current political climate (and culture) in America to create a shape-shifting presentation of the 1940’s, spray- painted by 2018."
- Steve Nardoni, Theater Pizzazz
"It's such a great essay on the banality of evil and how people sign up to do evil as long as it serves their purpose. And I also found myself to be extremely entertained."
- Jose Solís, American Theatre Podcast, Token Theatre Friends
"I've never been to a New Light Theater Project show but I'm very impressed."
- Diep Tran, American Theatre Podcast, Token Theatre Friends
"This one is an original, and it is loaded from stem to stern with fresh new talents."
- David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America
"The ensemble is nothing short of breathtaking."
- Erika Phoebus, New York Theater Review
"Sarah Norris’ direction is music on stage...the cast is marvelous."
- Holli Harms, Front Row Center
"...the brilliant ensemble cast carries this perennial weight with enormous grace and determination."
- David Roberts, Theatre Reviews Limited
FANTASTIC review of Hitler's Tasters from American Theatre magazine's
Offscript Podcast: Token Theatre Friends.
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MEET THE ARTISTS
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Liesel - Hallie Griffin †
Hilda - MaryKathryn Kopp †
Anna - Kaitlin Paige Longoria †
Margot - Hannah Mae Sturges †*
Hilda/Margot Understudy - Sarah Finn
Liesel/Anna Understudy - Lea Parker
Written by Michelle Kholos Brooks
Directed by Sarah Norris †
Line Producing by Alyssa May Gold †
Choreography by Ashlee Wasmund †
Fight Choreography by Frances Ramos
Scenic Design by An-lin Dauber †
Costume Design by Ashleigh Poteat †
Lighting Design by Christina Tang
Sound Design by Carsen Joenk †
Stage Management by Lindsey Hurley †
Assistant Direction by Sonya Thiel
Technical Direction by ToniAnne DiFilippo †
Press Representation by Karen Greco
† indicates NLTP company member
*indicates member of Actors' Equity Association
The ALL FEMALE Hitler's Tasters Company
Join New Light for our Female Festival.
We are hosting a reading series featuring
3 new plays by female playwrights
led by 3 female directors:
EVE ANGEL by Ren Dara Santiago
Directed by Jenna Worsham
Featuring: Edison Mata Diaz, Kazuhiro Imafuku, Carmen LoBue, JP Moraga, Ruthie Ofrasio, Eileen Rivera
THE REGULARS by Eliza Bent
Directed by Sarah Hughes
Featuring: Corinne Donly, Jenna Kraswoski, Heather Thiry, Eden Zane, & Bethany Geraghty
HASHTAGMETOOLADYCHATTERLEY by Lea McKenna-Garcia
Directed by Rebecca Cunningham
Featuring: Brett Epstein, Rigel Harris, Hannah Chloe Kaplan, Jacob Louchheim, Denver Milord, Sarah Reny, Chris Roe, Samantha Steinmetz, & Marissa Stewart
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About the Play
Three times a day, every day, a group of young women have the opportunity to die for their country. They are Adolf Hitler's food tasters. Using an anachronistic retelling of a historical footnote, and stretching from the WWII era to today’s autocracy, the play asks us to consider what girls discuss as they wait to see if they will live through another meal.
Winner of the 2017 Glaspell Award.
October 5 - October 27, 2018
IRT Theater | 3B Residency, NYC
