A Happy End

A Happy End by Israeli playwright Iddo Netanyahu is the story of a well-to-do, well-integrated Jewish couple in 1932 Berlin deciding whether to remain in Germany or to flee to America. The production dramatizes a dilemma – whether to leave home, family and friends for an uncertain future in a foreign land, or stay, hoping the situation will improve – that has been shared and faced by thousdands of emigrés.

In the play Mark and Leah Erdmann, a prominent Jewish scientist and his wife, want to continue to believe in their future in Germany despite the rising storm surrounding themselves and their teenage son. Leah’s lover, Dieter–a clear-sighted German who happens to be Mark’s colleague–urges them to emigrate and even sets up opportunities for them in the USA. Will they leave? Is a happy ending in store?