"Here There Are Blueberries" Holocaust-themed drama at The Wallis in L.A. impresses Television Academy Governor, Kim Estes

Mr. Kim Estes, actors' Governor, TV Academy

While covering the Santa Monica Film Festival on March 15th, Nikki Carbonetta, the festival's Creative Director introduced me to Mr. Kim Estes. In addition to his career as an actor, Mr. Estes also serves (with Kate Linder) as a co-representative of the Television Academy's Board of Governors to the Performers (i.e., Actors) Members.

Mr. Estes related how impressed he was having just attended the play "Here There Are Blueberries," performed at the Wallis Annenberg Theater in Beverly Hills which plays until March 30th. Mr. Estes described the performance as spectacular and deeply poignant. 

"Here There Are Blueberries" stage
performance scene, May 2023

Mr. Estes says that this L.A. production addresses the Holocaust and Auschwitz through previously unseen photographs found by an individual in a trash can in Germany. These photographs depicted the lives of German officers, prompting a moral dilemma for the Holocaust Museum about whether to accept and showcase them. 

The narrative also includes a story about a woman who, after being cared for by an ex-Nazi officer, discovered more photographs of prisoners and officers, which she kept for 60 years before feeling compelled to share their history. 

Here, There Are Blueberries" is noted for its contemporary setting and the heavy, yet enlightening exploration of these historical moments, ultimately revealing the complexity of the human experience during such a harrowing time.