Henry (“Hank”) Greenspan is a psychologist, oral historian, and playwright/actor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His play, REMNANTS was originally produced for National Public Radio in the U.S. and has been presented as a one-person staged performance by Greenspan at more that three hundred venues worldwide. He has been the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University in Montreal. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
We asked Hank how REMNANTS represents Unharvested Histories:
Rather than single “testimonies,” my work with Holocaust survivors is based on multiple interviews with the same survivors that extended over months, years, and–with a few people–even decades. Survivors (like everyone else) say different things, and in different ways, in sustained conversations that allow deepening reflection, exploration, and candor. For that reason, much of what REMNANTS presents has not been “harvested” before.
You can see more of Hank’s work at www.henrygreenspan.com