To kidnap the golden-haired baby of such a great hero? Who could do such a thing? What kind of monster was this?

In this riveting jail cell story of the “Crime of the Century,” Richard Hauptmann, a German-born carpenter is convicted of the abduction and murder of the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, but did he do it? In a society desperate for black and white answers, this explosive drama questions the effect of public opinion on the carriage of justice.

Hauptmann was written by John Logan (playwright of the Tony Award winning Red, and screenplay writer of Gladiator, The Aviator, Skyfall, and others), and is a gripping drama about the 1932 kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. and the man tried, convicted and executed for that crime, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, whose “Trial of the Century,” according to H. L. Mencken, was “the biggest story since the Resurrection.” Hauptmann tells the story from Hauptmann’s own perspective just prior to being sent to his fate in the New Jersey electric chair in 1936.  He enlists the assistance of six guards in recounting his tale who play multiple roles in the process.

Two performances of Hauptmann will be ASL (American Sign Language) interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing:

• Sunday 9/26
• Friday 10/1