[1] Wiesel had been chosen as a character by Margolin because she felt that he was "synonymous with decency, morality, the struggle for human dignity and kindness".
[3] In an interview with National Public Radio on May 20, 2010, attorney Richard Lehv expressed his opinion that Wiesel would have had little chance in court of preventing Margolin from using him as a character, noting that "it's a free country.
[6] Margolin called the experience "painful" and said that she was "still scared to talk about it" because of fear of lawsuits, but she felt that she "didn't want to abandon this play".
[3] The New Repertory Theatre of Watertown, MA staged the New England premiere in January 2014, which included sixteen sold-out performances.
On February 27, 2012, Deb Margolin's Imagining Madoff was nominated for the 28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards which celebrates excellence in professional theater in the Washington D.C.