Season 18 opener at Playhouse on Park: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH by Mark St. Germain, adapted from the memoir by Eddie Jaku, directed by Sasha Brätt, with Robert Resnikoff. In this one-man play, German-Jewish Auschwitz survivor Eddie Jaku, who lost his family, friends and country to the Holocaust, recounts the day he was taken by the Nazis and his seven years of imprisonment, and how he came to call himself 'the happiest man on earth.' Runs Sept 23 - Oct 18, 2026 (Fri 7:30 PM; Sat 2 & 7:30 PM; Sun 2 PM; Tue 2 PM; Wed & Thu 7:30 PM). Talk backs with the cast after Sunday matinees; Sun Oct 11 talk back with guests from Voices of Hope (Gayle Weiner Temkin and Stu Abrams). The Thu Oct 15 7:30 PM performance shows no tickets available online; check with the box office.
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Oct 10 – Oct 18
9 performances
