World Premiere. A reading, with music, of Uwe Wittstock’s February 1933: The Winter of Literature, abridged by acclaimed German novelist-playwright Daniel Kehlmann. Directed by Tony-nominated Knud Adams and featuring music supervised by composer/pianist Dan Schlosberg, the piece traces the swift collapse of Weimar Germany’s literary world — following figures like Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht — as Hitler’s rise forces choices of flight, complicity, or defiance. February 1933 resonates powerfully with the perils of present-day American democracy and the ongoing fight to preserve the freedoms to read and write. This performance will be followed by a Meet the Makers conversation with the creative team.