Leni & Joseph
Joseph Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, and Adolf Hitler during a tour of her new home. Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann
Synopsis
Leni Riefenstahl is a dancer, actor, and perhaps Germany’s most influential director. Joseph Goebbels is the charmingly brutal Minister of Propaganda, intent on consolidating power for the Nazi Party. When the ambitious minister hires the even more ambitious filmmaker to shoot the greatest propaganda movie ever made, it will pull two brilliant and dangerous minds into one of most productive, powerful, and deeply antagonistic relationships in the history of film. Leni & Joseph explores the wild true story of two giants as they flirt, fight, and shape the lives and deaths of millions.
Development History
Workshop Production: Rutgers University MFA Acting Program
Directed by Kevin Kittle
Piscataway, NJ; December 2019
Workshop Production: Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Directed by Erin Mitchell
Valdez, AK; June 2018
Reading: American Stage
21st Century Voices: New Play Festival
Benjamin Ismail
St. Petersburg, Florida; January 2018
Workshop Production: The New Ohio Theater
Produced by The Shelter
Directed by Anna Strasser
New York, NY; August 2017
Reading: Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Valdez, AK; June 2017