Don't Mention Casablanca

An American playwright tackles the dramatic true-life story about the legendary Hollywood director Michael Curtiz, who was her father's biological father but refused to support his child.

Read a about Michelanne Forster, who grew up in Southern California and moved to New Zealand where she became a prominent playwright. Her play Don’t Mention Casablanca chronicles her grandmother’s struggles and her father’s escape from Europe during the Holocaust.

Read about her father’s memoir, which was published posthumously.

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