https://www.heretherareblueberries.com/
https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/about/inside-the-hoecker-album
In 2007, Moisés read the New York Times article “In the Shadow of Horror, SS Guardians Frolic,” detailing the discovery of a previously unknown album of photos from Auschwitz. He contacted Holocaust historian and author Rebecca Erbelding to learn more. From their conversations, the theatrical seeds of Here There Are Blueberries blossomed.
From 2016 to 2018, Moisés, Amanda and the Members of Tectonic explored the theatrical potential of Erbelding’s story and theHolothrough a series of workshops and readings. In 2018 the first hour of material was staged at Miami New Drama. Longtime company members Scott Barrow and Grant Varjas (members of the current cast) joined the project as devisors.
In April 2019, Moisés, Amanda, dramaturg Amy Marie Seidel, and Tectonic Executive Director Matt Joslyn traveled to Poland and Germany to visit the sites in the album and interview descendants of Nazis photographed within. That summer, Tectonic continued with devising workshops utilizing their signature “Moment Work” method to explore and expand narrative possibilities. By fall, the piece was presented in readings with FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) and the German Consulate. In March of 2020, NYTW hosted a reading of the piece. Throughout the COVID-19 shutdown, Moisés, Amanda, Amy, Matt, Scott and Grant worked together on Zoom to develop the script.