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And a Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M,  (8-30 actors possible: 4-15 W, 4-15 M)
Productions (317)
(37)

This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station... Read more

This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station... Read more

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937 by Don Zolidis

  • Drama
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 8 M, 12 Any (15-32 actors possible: 7-20 W, 8-20 M)
Productions (76)
(12)

May, 1939. Captain Gustav Schroeder pilots the SS St. Louis, a luxury ocean liner, away from its home port in Hamburg, Germany. His goal: to... Read more

May, 1939. Captain Gustav Schroeder pilots the SS St. Louis, a luxury ocean liner, away from its home port in Hamburg, Germany. His goal: to... Read more

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OY! by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M,  (5-44 actors possible: 2-41 W, 3-42 M)
Productions (51)
(3)

OY! is a collection of 13 short comedies, each illustrating the meaning of a Yiddish word -- including the untold stories of Eve and Adam,... Read more

OY! is a collection of 13 short comedies, each illustrating the meaning of a Yiddish word -- including the untold stories of Eve and Adam,... Read more

Irena's Vow by Dan Gordon

  • Drama
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  • 95 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M,  (10-23 actors possible: 4-16 W, 6-17 M)
Productions (59)
(7)

Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable true story of Irena Gut Opdyke and the triumphs of the human spirit over... Read more

Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable true story of Irena Gut Opdyke and the triumphs of the human spirit over... Read more

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Korczak's Children by Jeffrey Hatcher

  • Drama
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 13 W, 15 M,  (20-28 actors possible: 9-13 W, 11-15 M)
Productions (61)
(4)

World War Two. The Nazi Occupation of Poland. Dr. Janusz Korczak -- writer, educator, physician, and passionate advocate for children -- tries to... Read more

World War Two. The Nazi Occupation of Poland. Dr. Janusz Korczak -- writer, educator, physician, and passionate advocate for children -- tries to... Read more

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Laugh Out Loud (cry quietly) by Stacie Lents

  • Comedy
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  • 90 - 110 minutes
  • 12 W, 4 M,  (5-34 actors possible: 4-24 W, 1-10 M)
Productions (29)
(6)

Follow a group of twenty-somethings living in New York City as they turn to the internet (where else?) to find love. Through a series of wacky... Read more

Follow a group of twenty-somethings living in New York City as they turn to the internet (where else?) to find love. Through a series of wacky... Read more

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Hiding in the Open adapted by Kira Obolensky

  • Drama
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  • 107 - 115 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M,  (8-14 actors possible: 5-7 W, 3-7 M)
Productions (35)
(8)

An adaptation of Sabina Zimering's memoir, Hiding in the Open tells the true story of two Jewish sisters from Poland who assume false Catholic... Read more

An adaptation of Sabina Zimering's memoir, Hiding in the Open tells the true story of two Jewish sisters from Poland who assume false Catholic... Read more

Face Forward: Growing up in Nazi Germany by Brendon Votipka

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-9 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-4 M)
Productions (59)
(4)

Three young people growing up in Nazi Germany struggle to claim their identities and transition into adulthood in this collage play about ethics,... Read more

Three young people growing up in Nazi Germany struggle to claim their identities and transition into adulthood in this collage play about ethics,... Read more

Bar Mitzvah Boy by Samara Siskind

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (55)
(2)

Thirteen-year-old Samuel Rosenbaum is finally a man. It's the day of his Bar Mitzvah and he's survived reading the Torah, ballroom dancing, and... Read more

Thirteen-year-old Samuel Rosenbaum is finally a man. It's the day of his Bar Mitzvah and he's survived reading the Torah, ballroom dancing, and... Read more

Home for the Chalidays by Sharyn Rothstein

  • Comedy
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  • 15 - 25 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (19)
(0)

A suburban Jewish family returns home on the third night of Chanukah to find that their house had been broken into. Panic and distrust conspire... Read more

A suburban Jewish family returns home on the third night of Chanukah to find that their house had been broken into. Panic and distrust conspire... Read more

My Left Breast by Susan Miller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 1 W, 
Productions (24)
(1)

"I am a one-breasted, menopausal, Jewish, bisexual lesbian Mom, and I'm coming soon to a theatre near you!" A woman's humorous and moving... Read more

"I am a one-breasted, menopausal, Jewish, bisexual lesbian Mom, and I'm coming soon to a theatre near you!" A woman's humorous and moving... Read more

Available as eScript

Old Jews Telling Jokes by Peter Gethers

  • Comedy
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (11)
(1)

Again with the jokes? Jewish humor is everyone's humor, and the laughs never stop in this something-for-everyone New York hit. Join Morty, Bunny,... Read more

Again with the jokes? Jewish humor is everyone's humor, and the laughs never stop in this something-for-everyone New York hit. Join Morty, Bunny,... Read more

25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by Kate Moira Ryan

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 4 W,  (1-21 actors possible: 1-21 W, )
Productions (14)
(1)

Part memoir and part stand-up routine, this hilarious and affecting play breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and... Read more

Part memoir and part stand-up routine, this hilarious and affecting play breaks down just what makes Jewish mothers so lamentable, laughable, and... Read more

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Foreign Affairs by Rich Orloff

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 85 - 95 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M,  (7-26 actors possible: 3-10 W, 4-16 M)
Productions (2)
(0)

Foreign Affairs is comprised of seven short comedies set in seven different countries, between November 1989 and November 2004. From a timid East... Read more

Foreign Affairs is comprised of seven short comedies set in seven different countries, between November 1989 and November 2004. From a timid East... Read more

By Candlelight by Claudia Haas

  • Drama
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 7 W, 3 M, 
Productions (19)
(3)

Young people want to connect with one another in every era, but in the wake of tragedies like 9/11, that impulse is especially strong. Taking... Read more

Young people want to connect with one another in every era, but in the wake of tragedies like 9/11, that impulse is especially strong. Taking... Read more

Available as eScript

Two Jews Walk Into a War... by Seth Rozin

  • Comedy
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  • 80 - 85 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (15)
(1)

Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban.... Read more

Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban.... Read more

Heart of the City by Eric Lane

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-18 actors possible: 3-8 W, 3-10 M)
Productions (13)
(0)

A mismatched romance on a Brooklyn subway, an unexpected date, a couple struggling to have a baby, an artist re-discovering his passion: these... Read more

A mismatched romance on a Brooklyn subway, an unexpected date, a couple struggling to have a baby, an artist re-discovering his passion: these... Read more

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Mullen's Alley by Timothy Mason

  • Drama
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  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (12)
(3)

In the 1880s, Jacob Riis took a camera into the tenements and dives of New York's Lower East Side, showing the world "How the Other Half Lives"... Read more

In the 1880s, Jacob Riis took a camera into the tenements and dives of New York's Lower East Side, showing the world "How the Other Half Lives"... Read more

Equilibrium by Sheri Wilner

  • Drama
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M,  (10 actors possible: 2-8 W, 2-8 M)
Productions (12)
(0)

While reviewing "the principle of equilibrium" for their upcoming chemistry exam, a group of friends discuss the racist actions of a teacher at... Read more

While reviewing "the principle of equilibrium" for their upcoming chemistry exam, a group of friends discuss the racist actions of a teacher at... Read more

Rabbi Hersh and the Talking Lobster by Matthew Freeman

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 2 M,  (2 actors possible: 0-1 W, 1-2 M)
Productions (6)
(0)

A giant lobster decides to convert to Judaism, and visits a lonely Rabbi on Chanukah. Read more

A giant lobster decides to convert to Judaism, and visits a lonely Rabbi on Chanukah. Read more