One Jewish Boy

The US Premiere of the Jewish Play That Stunned the UK

By Stephen Laughton

Directed by Johanna Gruenhut

ONE JEWISH BOY

JUNE 7 - JULY 2, 2023

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Dear Friends of Theater J,

Thank you for being here today for One Jewish Boy. We appreciate that you’ve joined us on this journey.

When I first read the play, I was struck by how it illuminates the challenges of being in a relationship, even with someone you love. Each of us comes to a relationship in our distinct bodies with our unique histories, beliefs, joys, and traumas.

It’s disturbing that hate crimes have increased in this country at alarming rates. One of the characters in this play experiences a hate crime which becomes a part of his identity and reverberates in his relationship. Violent acts of antisemitism have been on the rise, a troubling fact that we must confront. According to ADL’s report, in the US, in 2022, there were 3,697 incidents of antisemitism that were reported. And this rise in antisemitism is not exclusive to the United States; in England, where the play takes place, antisemitism has risen dramatically.

But this play isn’t about hate; rather it is about how hate affects love. Though the circumstances are specific to the two characters portrayed, the story parallels other experiences. How do we live with the trauma we hold, and how does that affect our loved ones, who may also be holding their own trauma?

I want to thank Stephen Laughton for sharing this story with us, for allowing Theater J to premiere the play in the United States, and for Johanna Gruenhut and the cast for bringing these characters and this story to life with nuance and complexity.

Again, thank you for being here for our season's final show. We are excited to welcome you back to the theater for our 2023-24 season in the fall.

Wishing you a beautiful summer,

Hayley Finn Artistic Director

THANK YOU TO OUR 2022/2023 SEASON SPONSORS

LEADING PRODUCER

Covenant Foundation

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

SPONSORING PRODUCER

Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation

The Government of the District of Columbia

Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg

Sari R. Hornstein

Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation

Nussdorf Family Foundation

Revada Foundation of the Logan Family

Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan

Share Fund

The Shubert Foundation

SUPPORTING PRODUCER

Bruce A. Cohen*

Patti and Mitchell Herman

Dianne and Herb Lerner

Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind

Helene and Robert Schlossberg

Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker

THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCTION ANGELS

Ann Gilbert

Sandra and Stephen Lachter

Karen Lehmann

Jeff Menick

M. Craig Pascal

Saul and Nancy Pilchen

April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray

Hank Schlosberg*

Dr. Stuart Sotsky

Support for this production is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

Additional support for this production provided by the Robert M. Fisher Memorial Visiting Artist Fund.

This production is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

THEATER J

Hayley Finn, Artistic Director

David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director

ONE JEWISH BOY

By Stephen Laughton

June 7 – July 2, 2023

Director.............................................................Johanna Gruenhut

Set Design........................................................Debra Kim Sivigny+

Costume Design.............................................Danielle Preston+

Lighting Design...............................................Jesse W. Belsky+

Sound Design and Composer.....................Matthew M. Nielson+

Associate Sound Designer….........................Cresent Haynes

Associate Sound Designer….........................Levi Manners

Projection Designer.......................................Danny Debner

Props Design....................................................Pamela Weiner

NYC Casting Director....................................Elizabeth Hay

Violence and Intimacy Coordinator.........Cliff Williams III

Dialect Coach.................................................Tonya Beckman

Production Stage Manager........................Anthony O. Bullock*

Assistant Stage Manager............................Abby Fry

Assistant Stage Manager............................Fior Tat

Cast

Jesse..................................................................Danny Gavigan*

Alex....................................................................Alanna Saunders*

One Jewish Boy runs approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission.

The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

One Jewish Boy opened at the Red Lion Theatre in London on December 11, 2018. It was subsequently transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End on March 10, 2020.

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

+Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829

Danny Gavigan* (Jesse) Theater J: The Admission. DC: Describe the Night, Detroit (Woolly Mammoth); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Helen Hayes Award), Death of a Salesman (Ford's Theatre); NSFW, How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Round House); Really Really (World Premiere) (Signature Theatre). Off-Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59). Regional: A Streetcar Named Desire (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Peer Gynt (La Jolla Playhouse, Kansas City Rep); The Rivals, Snow Falling on Cedars (Baltimore Center Stage); Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Murder on the Orient Express, The Importance of Being Earnest, Noises Off, Deathtrap (Everyman Theatre, Company Member). Film: Unarmed Man (TiVA DC Peer Gold Award), Rumination (Independent Shorts Award), Last Night (RIFE Award). TV: “FBI” (w/ Jeremy Sisto).

Alanna Saunders* (Alex) is honored to be making both her debut at Theater J and in the DC area with the US premier of this piece. Some credits: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway); Scotland, PA (Roundabout); Into the Woods (Natl. tour); Clue (Paper Mill Playhouse); world premiere of Joy (George St. Playhouse); Hair (Weston Playhouse); The Marvelous Wonderettes (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); White Christmas (Berkshire Theatre Group); Once on This Island (Pioneer Theatre); TV/film: Bull (CBS), 18 1/2 (Bugeater Films), Peter Pan Live! (Tiger Lily, NBC); Beau (Asst. Choreo) Thanks to Johanna and Stephen for trusting her with Alex. Love to her tribe and family in NYC, and to her fiancé Samuel. More on Alanna’s shenanigans: @alannasaun or thesaunderscollective.com/alannasaunders. Enjoy the show!

Stephen Laughton (Playwright) is an award-winning, critically acclaimed Jewish playwright and screenwriter from the UK, with a rising international profile. He has work in various stages of development across TV, film and theatre in NYC, DC, LA, London, Paris, Cape Town, and Sydney. He has worked with major theaters and broadcasters including the Royal Court, Headlong, BBC, and Film4. His film work has premiered at prestige festivals including Sundance, and has received Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Hugo nods. He is currently the writer-in-residence within the Astrophysics Department of the American Museum for Natural History in New York. The residency works alongside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Prior to its US debut, One Jewish Boy opened on the West End in London to widespread critical acclaim, award wins and sold-out shows. His immersive theater-art piece The Life of a Neuron transferred to New York after a sell-out run in Washington, DC in 2022. His latest play, Giants, explores the love triangle that unfolded on the set of the movie Giant between James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. The play is an international co-production between theaters in the UK and Australia. For screen, his sci-fi short Hiraeth won 9 of the 20 awards it was nominated for on the international festival circuit. (Including Best Screenplay). The feature film is currently under option. His first US TV project, Rearview Mirror, is currently in postproduction. He has further film commissions in the UK, USA and South Africa.

Johanna Gruenhut (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of Theater J in Washington, DC. Her work has been seen at Theater J, Mosaic Theater Company, The Public, The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Weston Theater Company (formerly Weston Playhouse), Long Wharf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Baltimore Center Stage. She has taught at Georgetown University, University of Maryland, College Park, The Johns Hopkins University, and University of California, San Diego. Originally from New York, she currently lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband and their three kids.

Debra Kim Sivigny+ (Scenic Designer) is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Washington, DC. Theater J: Tuesdays with Morrie (scenic design), Another Way Home, G-d's Honest Truth, Yellowface, Our Suburb, The Hampton Years, Mikveh, The History of Invulnerability (costume design), and many others. DC: The Nightsong of Orpheus (INSeries), The New Kid (Imagination Stage at Planet Word). Regional: Angels In America: Millennium Approaches (Central Square Theatre, Boston), Huckleberry Finn’s Big River, Head Over Heels (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). She is the winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a five-time nominee. She is an Assistant Professor of Scenic and Costume Design at George Mason University. BA Middlebury College, MFA University of Maryland College Park. Website: debsivigny.com

Danielle Preston+ (Costume Designer) Theater J Credits: The Christians, Roz & Ray, The How & The Why. DC Credits: Passing Strange (Signature Theatre), Clyde’s (Studio Theatre), A Nice Indian Boy & The Joy That Carries You (Olney Theatre), The Bluest Eye (Theater Alliance), The Till Trilogy (Mosaic Theater), NYC Credits: Where Words Once Were (Lincoln Center) Regional Credits: Locomotion (Children’s Theater Company), Schoolgirls; Or The African Mean Girls Play (Hangar Theatre), B.R.O.K.E.N. Code B.I.R.D. Switching (Berkshire Theatre Group), Quamino’s Map (Chicago Opera Theatre). Preston holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. daniellepreston.com and @danielleprestondesign

Jesse W. Belsky+ (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be back at Theater J after designing Compulsion, Edward Albee's Occupant, Actually, Talley’s Folley and Everything Is Illuminated. Other recent DC designs include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Ford’s Theater, The Year of Magical Thinking and JQA at Arena Stage, Sweeney Todd & The Mystery of Love & Sex at Signature, Henry 4 P1 and The Winter’s Tale at Folger, The Music Man at Olney Theatre Center, John Proctor Is The Villian at Studio Theatre and Oslo at Round House. Regional credits include work at Actor’s Theater Louisville, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, Triad Stage and Playmakers Repertory Theater. Mr. Belsky holds a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and has taught lighting design at Connecticut College and UNC Greensboro. Member, USA 829 www.jessebelsky.com

Matthew M. Nielson+ (Sound Design and Composer) has previously worked at Theater J on The Wanderers, The Whipping Man, The History of Invulnerability, and New Jerusalem. DC area: Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Theatre Alliance, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, and The Smithsonian. Off-Broadway: The Public Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, and 59e59. Regional: Denver Performing Arts Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Portland Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Film/TV: The Hero Effect, From Hell to Here, Epix Drive-In, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Delivery.com, Netflix. Matthew has won several Helen Hayes and regional theatre and film festival awards. Samples online at curiousmusic.com.

Anthony O. Bullock* (Production Stage Manager) is the Resident Production Stage Manager for the 22-23 season. Past Theater J projects include Intimate Apparel, Nathan the Wise, Compulsion or the House Behind, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Wanderers, Sheltered, Occupant, Love Sick, The Jewish Queen Lear, and Actually. NYC credits include The School for Lies with Classic Stage Company and workshops with Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals. DC credits include Shakespeare Theatre Company (Red Velvet, Our Town), Arena Stage (The Pajama Game), Baltimore Center Stage (SOUL: The Stax Musical, Twisted Melodies), Signature Theatre (Billy Elliot), and Studio Theatre (The Children, The Hard Problem, Cloud 9, Hedda Gabler, Moment, Between Riverside and Crazy, Chimerica, Jumpers for Goalposts, Laugh). Other regional credits include Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre, TheatreSquared, among others. He received his BFA from Oklahoma City University. He is a proud member of AEA.

THEATER J LEADERSHIP

Hayley Finn (Theater J Artistic Director) is an accomplished director and producer with over twenty-five years of experience in professional theatre across all aspects of the profession, including producing, directing, casting, education, fundraising, and has been instrumental in creating national partnerships for theatres across the country. Prior to joining Theater J, she was the Associate Artistic Director at the Playwrights’ Center, where worked with some of the nation’s leading playwrights and in her tenure produced over 1,000 workshops. She also served as a Co-Artistic Director of Red Eye Theater from 2019-2023 where she co-produced and curated the New Works 4 Weeks Festival—an annual four-week festival that commissions 11 artists each year to make new performance works—and co-led the fundraising and development of a new 150-seat black box theater in Minneapolis.

She has directed nationally and internationally, including at Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, NY), Curious Theatre Company (Denver, CO), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), Ellis Island (New York), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), HERE Arts Center (New York, NY), History Theatre (St. Paul, MN), Flea Theater (New York, NY), The Kitchen (New York, NY), LAByrinth

Theater Company (New York, NY), Marin Theater Company (Mill Valley, CA), New Dramatists (New York, NY), O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT), Pillsbury House (Minneapolis, MN), People’s Light (Malvern, PA), Public Theater (New York, NY), Playwrights’ Horizons (New York, NY), Red Eye Theater (Minneapolis, MN), Six Point Theater (St. Paul, MN), South Coast Repertory Theater (Costa Mesa, CA), and the Nine Gates Festival in Prague. Finn was Assistant Director on several Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Finn is an Alumna of the Drama League Director’s Program, recipient of the Ruth Easton Fellowship, TCG Future Leader Grant, National Endowment for the Arts support, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. She received her BA and MA from Brown University.

David Lloyd Olson (Theater J Managing Director) made his stage debut at age five at the Marcus JCC of Atlanta preschool and is now proud to be one of the leaders of the nation’s largest professional Jewish theater. He most recently served as managing director of Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia where he oversaw the organization’s largest ever fundraising campaign and the doubling of their annual foundation support. He was manager of the executive office and board engagement at the Shakespeare Theatre Company where he supported the transition of the theater’s artistic directorship from Michael Kahn to Simon Godwin. He has also held positions at Arena Stage, GALA Hispanic Theatre, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Pointless Theatre. He was an Allen Lee Hughes management fellow at Arena Stage, a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Valmiera, Latvia, and the recipient of two DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Felllowship program grants. He proudly serves on the board of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre (alljewishtheatre.org) and the board of Adas Israel Congregation.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

ONE JEWISH BOY STAFF

Head Electrician: Garth Dolan

Electricians: David Ramsey, Logan Duval, Alex Monsell, and Mike House

Light Board Programmer & Operator: Mikayla French

Sound Board Operators: Ian Greene and Megan Holden

Costume Assistants: Sophia Gupman and Johnna Presby

Load-in Crew: Justin Metcalf-Burton, Sherri Curtis, Danny Debner, Tad Howley, Max Marshall, Reed Simiele, Meaghan Toohey, and Mani Yangilmau

Combatant: Bowen Fox

Special thanks to Courtney Johnson and Toni Sharpe

EDLAVITCH DCJCC LEADERSHIP

Chief Executive Officer: Jennifer Zwilling

Chief Financial Officer: Craig Mintz

Chief Operating Officer: Bini W. Silver

Senior Director of Institutional Advancement: Emily Jillson

THEATER J STAFF

Artistic Director: Hayley Finn

Managing Director: David Lloyd Olson

Producing Director: Kevin Place

Associate Artistic Director: Johanna Gruenhut

External Affairs

Development Manager: Emily Gardner

Director of Patron Experience: Jasmine Jones

EDCJCC Arts Marketing Coordinator: Lena Barkin

EDCJCC Arts Outreach Coordinator: Jacob Ettkin

Ticket Office Manager: Tabitha Littlefield

EDCJCC Creative Director: Molly Winston

House Managers and Ticket Office Associates: Mitchell Adams, Steve Chazanow, Emily Eason, Cristen Fletcher, Asher Herman, Stan Livengood, Lauren McNeal, Regev Ortal, Robert Reeg, Hadiya Rice, Kaneeka Rice, Sam Rollin, and Mary-Margaret Walsh

Production

Resident Production Stage Manager: Anthony O. Bullock

Director of Stage Operations: Danny Debner

Technical Director: Tom Howley

Head Electrician: Garth Dolan

Resident Casting Director: Jenna Place

Resident Props Designer: Pamela Weiner

Education & New Play Development

Education Programs Assistant: Jen Jacobs

Expanding the Canon Rosh Beit: Sabrina Sojourner

Expanding the Canon Commissioned Writers: Zachariah Ezer, Harley Elias, Carolivia Herron, Jesse Jae Hoon, MJ Kang, Thaddeus McCants, and Kendell Pinkney

Yiddish Theater Lab Commissioned Writers: Lila Rose Kaplan, Caraid O’Brien, and Aaron Posner

Teaching Artists: Dr. Debra Caplan, Rick Foucheux, Naomi Jacobson, Caraid O’Brien, Aaron Posner, Howard Shalwitz, Bobby Smith, Dani Stoller, Holly Twyford, Erin Weaver

Founding Artistic Director: Martin Blank

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Theater J is a nationally-renowned, professional theater that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. Our work illuminates and examines ethical questions of our time, intercultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities.

As the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, we aim to preserve and expand a rich Jewish theatrical tradition and to create community and commonality through theater-going experiences.

The Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. We welcome and encourage the participation of all people, regardless of their background, sexual orientation, abilities, or religion, including interfaith couples and families.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

Theater J and the Edlavitch DCJCC commit to being an inclusive, safe, and welcoming space for all. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations from either patrons or staff. Please visit our website at theaterj.org to learn more about our policies and procedures.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are.

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PHOTOS:

• Page 3: Hayley Finn. Photo by Josh Olson.

• Page 4: Eric Da Costa as Chaim and Shaina Silver-Baird as Chaya in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Susan Lynskey in Gloria: A Life by Emily Mann. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Renee Elizabeth Wilson and Awa Sal Secka in Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography. Sasha Olinick and Bobby Smith in Two Jews Walk Into a War...by Seth Rozin. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography.

• Page 11: Jamie Smithson in The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler. Photo by Teresa Castracane. Daven Ralston and Billy Finn in Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated. Adapted by Simon Block. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

HOW DO WE MEASURE HATE?

Many historians of antisemitism and genocide believe that before acts of violence are perpetrated on a group, discriminatory stereotypes become widely held beliefs in society.

The annual report by the Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 Jews on security matters, found that there were 2,255 anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2021, a rise of 34% from the previous year.

10 INCIDENTS A DAY

Antisemitic incidents in the US reached an all-time high last year with a total of 3,697 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism tracked by ADL’s Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. In 2022, the average number of Antisemitic incidents amounted to 10 incidents a day. This represents the largest number of incidents against Jews in the US, recorded by ADL since 1979.

A 2017 survey carried out by pollster ComRes for CNN interviewed more than 7,000 people across Europe, with more than 1,000 respondents each in Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. Here are some findings:

One in five said they have too much influence in the media and the same number believe they have too much influence in politics.

Nearly one in four said Jews have too much influence in conflict and wars across the world.

Jews are more loyal to Israel than to [this country/to the countries they live in]

Jews have too much power in the business world

Jews have too much power in international financial markets

Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust

Jews don't care what happens to anyone but their own kind

Jews have too much control over global affairs

Jews have too much control over the United States government

Jews think they are better than other people

Jews have too much control over the global media

A comparison Poll: United Kingdom / United States Survey by ADL Global 2015.

TRADITION! LOOKING AT A PLAY THROUGH A JEWISH LENS

By Johanna Gruenhut, Associate Artistic Director

R.B. Kitaj, The Wedding, 1983–1993 Oil on canvas, 183 cm x 183 cm © R.B. Kitaj Estate

Stephen Laughton, the playwright of One Jewish Boy, describes himself as a ‘romantic Zionist.’ It’s a wonderful phrase, in my opinion, because of how the word ‘romantic’ can express love, or hopeful idealism, or cynicism flecked by hope, and it can even do and be all of those things all at once.

It captures with linguistic economy the paradoxes and complexities inherent to all of our important relationships, the inescapable ambivalence inherent to any commitment.

You will see in One Jewish Boy characters who can be described as ‘romantic spouses’, ‘romantic secularists’, and ‘romantic Jews.’

Hearing Stephen describe himself this way, I started to wonder, is there such a thing as an unromantic Jew, has there ever been? I think ambivalence is built into the identity, that a person’s relationship to Judaism is expected to be a relationship, truly, with all the complexity of romantic relationships, describable with one sense of the word on one day, and with a totally different sense of the word on another.

This complexity is right there at the birth of the people: the receiving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai as described in the book of Exodus and commemorated annually in the holiday of Shavuot, which fell this year on May 25th. Scholars have long described the events at Sinai as a marriage between each Jew and their maker, and many of the customs associated with a Jewish wedding source from the story in Exodus: the chuppah canopy an incarnation of the clouds over the mountain, the seven laps that a bride makes around the groom, a re-enactment of the seven weeks of waiting for Moses to return from the top of the mountain, the ketubah contract, a stand-in for the Torah itself, a statement of consent, commitment, and mutual understanding.

Sure, likening the bond between a person and a religious identity to the bond between married partners implies that the bond is one of love, and one born of hopeful idealism, worthy of the label ‘romantic.’ But it would be naïve not to acknowledge that no marriage is perfect, that some fall apart, that partners may change, grow apart, even betray. Being romantic is being aware and accepting that the word itself is synonymous with dreamy, quixotic, impractical, starry-eyed – which means, one must acknowledge the fact romantic can also mean cynical, disappointed, let down. But always hopeful. The message then: to be involved romantically, with anything and anyone, means to be working at it, for better or for worse.

2022–2023 THEATER J COUNCIL

Rae Grad, Co-Chair

Robert Schlossberg, Co-Chair

Mara Bralove

Bruce A. Cohen*

Nancy Firestone*

Mindy Gasthalter

Ann Gilbert

Cheryl Gorelick

Patti Herman

Daniel Kaplan

Arlene Klepper

Kenneth Krupsky

Stephen Lachter

Karen Lehmann-Eisner

Ellen Malasky

Meredith Margolis

Howard Menaker

Alfred Munzer

Sherry Nevins

Patricia Payne

Saul Pilchen

Elaine Reuben

THEATER J HONORARY COUNCIL

Patty Abramson*

Michele G. Berman

Marion Ein Lewin

Paul J. Mason

Hank Schlosberg* Trish Vradenburg*

EDLAVITCH DCJCC 2022–2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

Daniel Hirsch, President

Johanna Chanin, Vice President

Meredith Margolis, Vice President

Janis Schiff, Vice President

BOARD MEMBERS

Barbara Abramowitz

Janet B. Abrams

Andrew Altman

Joan Berman

Michele G. Berman

Jordan Lloyd Bookey

Jennifer Bradley

Sara Cohen

Jaclyn Lerner Cohen

Eva Davis

Jonathan Edelman

Myrna Fawcett

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Ginny Edlavitch

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Stephen Altman

Rose H. Cohen

Jill Granader

Martha Winter Gross

Stephen Kelin

VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Lee G. Rubenstein

Bella Rosenberg

Evelyn Sandground

Mita M. Schaffer

Lewis Schrager

Terry Singer

Stuart Sotsky

Patti Sowalsky

Manny Strauss

Bob Tracy

Kathryn Veal

Joan S. Wessel

Irene Wurtzel

Jonathan Grossman, Treasurer

David Goldblatt, Assistant Treasurer

Benjamin D. Loewy, Secretary

Meg Flax

Brian Gelfand

Dina Gold

Debra Goldberg

Rena Gordon

Brad Lackey

Sid Moskowitz

Alfred Munzer

Alyson Myers

Melanie Franco Nussdorf

Arnold Polinger

Shannon Powers

Norm J. Rich

Ilene Rosenthal

Michael Salzberg

Rhea Schwartz

Michael Singer

Tina Small

Mimi Tygier

Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Eric Zelenko

Jennifer Zwilling, Chief Executive Officer, Ex Officio

William Kreisberg

Saul Pilchen

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

John R. Risher, Jr.*

Lynn Skolnick Sachs

Mindy Strelitz

Francine Zorn Trachtenberg

Robert Tracy

Ellen G. Witman

DEEPEN YOUR IMPACT

Theater J is dedicated to producing work that illuminates ethical questions of our time, examines the changing landscape of Jewish identities, and celebrates inter-cultural experiences. It is because of you, our community, our audience, our supporters, that Theater J has grown to be “the nation’s most prominent Jewish theater” (American Theatre Magazine). Less than half of Theater J’s budget comes from ticket revenue. We are reliant on generous gifts from audience members like you, who see the value of having a thriving Jewish cultural center in the heart of the city.

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in memoriam

Hubert "Hank" M. Schlosberg 1931–2023

Theater J dedicates this production to the memory of Honorary Council member Hank Schlosberg. A native Washingtonian, Hank graduated from Syracuse University in 1953, then earned a J.D. in 1956 from the Georgetown University Law Center. From 1956-58, he served as a JAG officer with the Strategic Air Command, Air Force, at Pease AF Base in Dover, N.H. He subsequently maintained a private law practice for 60 years, specializing as a trial lawyer in personal injury, defamation and other legal issues. Hank served on multiple boards in Washington, DC, including Arena Stage, the Edlavitch DCJCC's Theater J, and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.

ACCESSIBILITY AT THEATER J

Theater J, as part of the Edlavitch DCJCC, embraces inclusion in all of its programs and activities. Theater J strives to make our productions accessible to all by providing the following to meet the needs of our patrons, and to enhance their experience at the theater. For more information, please contact our Director of Patron Experience at 202.777.3268 or contact our ticket office at theaterj@theaterj.org.

• ACCESSIBLE SEATING: The Edlavitch DCJCC has ramp access from the Q Street entrance and all our restrooms are ADA accessible. In the Goldman Theater, removable seats provide patrons with the opportunity to be seated with their companions while sitting in their wheelchair.

• ASSISTIVE LISTENING: Assistive listening devices are free-of-charge and offered on a first-come, first-served basis at all performances.

• OPEN CAPTIONING: Open Captioning is offered during one performance of each Theater J production.

• LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS: Large print programs are available at our Ticket Office, located on the first floor.

Theater J respects and welcomes gender diversity. Please use the restroom which makes you most comfortable or most closely fits your gender identity or expression. An all-gender restroom is located on the Lower Level.

Photo courtesy of the Washington Drama Society, Inc.

PRIDEPLAY

Ryan Jamaal Swain of FX’s smash hit Pose

Justin Weaks Michael Kevin Darnall

FRIENDS OF THEATER J

Theater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have given to our 2022-2023 Season since February 15, 2022. This list is current as of May 3, 2023.

Leading Producer ($100,000+)

Covenant Foundation

Sponsoring Producer ($25,000–$99,999)

Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation

The Government of the District of Columbia

Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg

Sari R. Hornstein

Supporting Producer ($18,000–$24,999)

Bruce A. Cohen*

Patti and Mitchell Herman

Leading Angels ($10,000–$17,999)

Anonymous

Cathy S. Bernard

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Stuart Eizenstat

James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler

Cheryl Gorelick

Marion Ein Lewin

Sponsoring Angels ($6,000–$9,999)

Anonymous

Michele and Allan Berman

Ann Loeb Bronfman Fund

Susan and Dixon Butler

Myrna Fawcett

Ann Gilbert ¶

Supporting Angels ($3,000–$5,999)

Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher

Embassy of Canada

Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt

Bunny Dwin

The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation

Mindy Gasthalter ¶

Enthusiasts ($1,000–$2,999)

Anonymous

Suzanne and Enrique Fefer

Gail Ginsberg

Dina Gold

Linda Goldsmith and Howard Berger

Michael R. Klein and Joan Fabry

Admirers ($500–$999)

Alliance for Jewish Theatre

Marian and James Brodsky

Sharon Dubrow

Michelle and Glenn Engelmann

Wendy Friedlander

Barry Friedman

Devotees ($100 - $499)

Helaine Abitbol and Ros Zinaman

Randi Altschuler

Anonymous

Susan and Alan Apter

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation

Nussdorf Family Foundation

Dianne and Herb Lerner

Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind

The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation

Sherry Nevins

Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone*

Diane and Arnold Polinger

Bella Rosenberg ¶

Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins

Hank Schlosberg*

Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres

Meg and John Hauge

Arlene and Martin Klepper

Karen Lehmann

Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett ¶

Saul and Nancy Pilchen

Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy

Sandra and Stephen Lachter

Paul and Zena Mason

Jeff Menick

Ellen and Gary Malasky

M. Craig Pascal

Nora Roberts Foundation

Barry Kropf

Arleen Enid Lustig

Meredith Margolis and Gary

Goodweather

Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes

Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein

Gertrude & Lawrence Gichner Fund for the Performing Arts

Helaine Harris and Jody M. Tavss

Lucia and Frederic Hill

Pamela Hunt

The Frank and Marta Jager Foundation

Kenneth and Audrey Kramer

National Endowment for the Arts

Revada Foundation of the Logan Family

Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan

Share Fund

The Shubert Foundation

Helene and Robert Schlossberg

Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker

Richard Solloway

The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer

Patti and Jerry Sowalsky

The George Wasserman Family Foundation

Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund

April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray

Manny Strauss and Betsy Karmin

Dr. Kathryn Veal

Judy and Leo Zickler

Ilene and Steven Rosenthal

Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin

Peggy and David Shiffrin

Dr. Stuart Sotsky

Les Silverman

The Tides Center Jews of Color Initiative

Joan S. Wessel

Alfred Sanders

Ann Schwartz

Irvin Wolloch Fund

Alan and Irene Wurtzel

Carole and Matthew Ash

Elaine Auerbach

Anthony Bauer

Lisa Bell

Winton Eaheart Matthews, Jr.

Avis and Ralph Miller

Donald and Lynne Myers

Vicki Robinson

June and Marvin Rogul

David Rutenberg

Sharon Bernier

Sandy Bieber and Linda Rosenzweig

Henry Birnkrant

Laura Brown and Stephanie Fosburg

Glenda and Gary Buff

Ellen and Lee Burstyn

Jamie and Stuart Butler

Laurie Calhoun

Leslie Carothers

Leah Chanin

Wallace Chandler

Sarah Cotten

Rosemary Crockett

Grace Robinowitz Dody

Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman

Paula Durbin

Evelyn and Barry Epstein

Elise A. Feingold

Lois Fields

Lawrence Franks and Ellen Berelson

Kit Gage and Steven Metalitz

Daniel and Marion Goldberg

Ellen Goldberg

Debbie J. Goldman

Stephen Goldsmith

Alan Goldstein

David and Mitchell Goldstein

Dr. Larrie and Joyce Greenberg

Gail J. Gulliksen

Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag

Robert Hebda

Esther and Gene Herman

Eric Hissom

David and Stephanie Houseknecht

Carie Jasperse

Brian M. Jones

Karen A. Jones

Martha Kahn and Simeon M. Kriesberg

Elaine Kaplan

Andrea Kasarsky

Lori and Hal Kassoff

Patricia Keig

Lynne Kennedy and Joan Darrah

Melinda Kingsbury

Julia Korenman

Joel Korn

Patricia and John Koskinen

Beth Kramer

Ellen Kramarow and Jared Garelick

Richard and Bonnie Kramer

Susan Kristol

Penney K. Lagos

Sandra Lapietra and Alan Helgerman

Dan Leathers

Dr. Karen Levenback

Karen Lewis

Lynn Lewis

Michael Lewis and Linda Singer

Patricia and Randall Lewis

Elaine Ligelis

Laurie and Len Lipton

Marge London

Sheila Lopez

Amy Lowenstein

Jennifer Madans

Carol Mates and Mark Kahan

Dorothy Mayer

James McGee

Tedd Mendelsohn

Robin Meyer

Kim Mills

Caroline Mindel

Dennis and Laurie Moody

Sally Morell

Cathy and George Murphy

Adrienne Nelson

Ruth and Pedi Neta

Randi and Donn Neurman

Elizabeth Olchowski

James Osteen

John Parascandola

Dana Pashkoff

Elizabeth Peterson

John Peterson

Geraldine Pilzer

Deborah and Alan Pollack

Jessica Pollner

Drs. Dena and Jerry Puskin

Bernice Quay

Terry C. Quist

Nancy and Samuel Raskin

Daniel Raviv

Sharon Ritter

Nancy and Herbert A. Rosenthal

Alan Safran

Thomas Saunders

Leslie Scallet

Leonard Schreiber

Lois Schiffer

Margaret Schaefer

Amy E. Schaffer

Gena Schoen

Linda Segal

Sandra Sellers

Howard Shalwitz

Ruth and Phillip Shapiro

Beverly and Harlan Sherwat

Rabbi Sanford H. Shudnow

Peggy M. Siegel

Marla and Ken Singer

Michael Singer and James Smith

Arlene Farber Sirkin

Myrna Sislen

Catherine Solomon

Linda Spector

Rochelle Stanfield and Edward Grossman

Carol Starley

Margaret Hahn Stern and Stephen Stern

Donald and Mary Street

Jay Sushelsky and Noreen Marcus

Charles and Lee Talisman

Peter Threadgill

Jordana Tynan

Daniel Vine

Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Valerie and John Wheeler

Sandra and Jon Willen

Adam Winkleman

Janet and Robert Wittes

Rivka Yerushalmi

*of blessed memory

¶ Denotes a member of the EDCJCC’s Community Pillars program. These supporters have committed to leaving a lasting legacy by including Theater J in their estate planning.

EDLAVITCH DCJCC DONORS

The Edlavitch DCJCC wishes to thank the following donors who enable us to serve the community. This list includes all fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) donors who made commitments or donations of $1,000 or more. This list is current as of May 12, 2023. The Edlavitch DCJCC would like to thank all of our donors for the important impact they have on our work.

$100,000+

Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation ◊

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington ◊

$50,000 - $99,999

Covenant Foundation

DC Department of Homeland Security

Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch ◊

$25,000 - $49,999

Dan Adler and Will Smith ◊

Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt ◊

DC Government

The Dweck Family ◊

Lois and Richard England Family Foundation

Rena and Michael Gordon ◊

Patti and Mitchell Herman ◊

Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg

$15,000 - $24,999

Michele and Allan Berman

Lisa and Josh Bernstein ◊

Bookey Family Foundation

Bruce A. Cohen*

James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler ◊

Susan Sachs Goldman ◊

Cheryl Gorelick

Jill and Robert Granader ◊

$10,000 - $14,999

Anonymous

Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund

Cathy S. Bernard

CIBC Private Wealth Management ◊

Cyna and Paul Cohen, Sara C. Cohen and Norm J. Rich ◊

Marion Ein Lewin

Stuart Eizenstat

Myrna Fawcett

$5,000 - $9,999

Babs and Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz

Janet B. Abrams

Monica and Gavin Abrams

Joan and Alan Berman

Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd

Susan and Dixon Butler

Charles E. Smith Family Foundation

Abby and Andrew Cherner ◊

Marcy and Neil Cohen, Ryna Cohen ◊

Rose and Robert Cohen ◊

Cozen O'Connor ◊

Eva Davis and Justin Kramer ◊

Scott Eric Dreyer and Ellen Clare

Gillespie Dreyer

Jonathan Edelman

Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation ◊

Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss ◊

Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation ◊ National Endowment for the Arts

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Sari R. Hornstein

The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation

The Kay Family Foundation ◊

The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation

Dianne and Herb Lerner

Amy and Alan Meltzer ◊

Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind ◊

Diane and Arnold Polinger ◊

Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

Emanuel & Riane Gruss Charitable Foundation ◊

Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation

Sid and Linda Moskowitz ◊

Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone* ◊

Bella Rosenberg

Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins

Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres

Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy ◊

Karen E. Lehmann

Thelma Lenkin ◊

The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer

Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett ◊

The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation

Embassy of Canada

Meg and Samuel Flax ◊

Jay Freedman

Mindy Gasthalter

Edith Gelfand, Jenny and Brian Gelfand ◊

Morgan and Josh Genderson

Ann Gilbert

Marilyn and Michael Glosserman

Community Fund ◊

GMP LLP ◊

Dina Gold

Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman ◊

Michelle and Jonathan Grossman ◊

Harman Family Foundation ◊

Meg and John Hauge

Washington Area Community Investment Funds

Nussdorf Family Foundation ◊

Saul and Nancy Pilchen ◊

Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan

Ilene and Steven Rosenthal ◊

Martha and Philip Sagon Family Foundation

Deborah and Michael Salzberg ◊

The Shubert Foundation

Helene and Robert Schlossberg

The Schoenbaum Family Foundation, Inc.

Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff ◊

The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation ◊

The George Wasserman Family Foundation

Norman Pozez and Melinda Bieber ◊

Janis and Philip Schiff ◊

Hank Schlosberg*

Shapiro Family Foundation

Share Fund

Richard Solloway

Patti and Jerry Sowalsky

Matthew Watson

Kay Klass and Mark Levitt ◊

Arlene and Martin Klepper

William Kreisberg

Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin ¶

Sandra and Stephen Lachter

Chani and Steven Laufer ◊

Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin ◊

Ellen and Gary Malasky

Paul and Zena Mason

Dan Mendelson and Jennifer Loew

Mendelson

Jeff Menick

Morgan Stanley

Sherry Nevins

M. Craig Pascal

EDLAVITCH DCJCC DONORS

Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund

Joan and Barry Rosenthal ◊

April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray

Lynn and John Sachs ◊

Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin

Les Silverman

Tina and Albert Small, Jr. ◊

$2,500 - $4,999

Stephen and Amy Altman

Lynn and Wolf Blitzer

Deborah and Charles Both

Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher

Nancy Taylor Bubes and Alan Bubes

Susan Cohn

Dave Connick

Cornerstone Research, Inc.

Bunny Dwin

Embassy of Israel

Barry P. Gossett

Leslie and Samuel Kaplan

$1,000 - $2,499

Adas Israel Congregation

Dianne Adelberg

Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated

Endowment Fund

Andrew Altman

Anonymous

John Ashley

Alison Baraf and Aryeh Portnoy

Cheryl and Herbert Baraf

Joy and Leonard Baxt

Dottie Bennett

Elaine and Richard Binder

Paul Blank

Ito Briones and Warren Coates

Patricia Bryant

Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith

Chevy Chase Trust

Nadine Cohodas

Toby Dershowitz

Jessica Dodson and Jeremy Levine

Sonnie and William Dockser

Leif Dormsjo

Ilana Marcus Drimmer

Shelley and Adam Ducker

John Edelmann

The EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Edward Lenkin and Roselin Atzwanger

Margery and Mel Elfin

Suzanne and Enrique Fefer

David Bruce Smith

Dr. Stuart Sotsky

Manny Strauss and Betsy Karmin

Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt ◊

The Tides Center Jews of Color Initiative

Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg ◊

Aviva Kempner

The Kresge Foundation

Brad and Ali Lackey

Louis Levitt, MD and Joan Bialek

Saskia and Benjamin D. Loewy

Johannah and Jeremiah Lowin

Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather

Philip Margolius

Carol Mates and Mark Kahan

Alyson Myers

Shannon and William Powers

Lois and Michael Fingerhut

David and Patricia Fisher

Samantha Galardi

Cathy and Michael Gildenhorn

Gail Ginsberg

Linda Goldsmith and Howard Berger

Audrey Goldstein

Kenneth and Mary Gossett

Lois and Hadar Granader

Judith Herr and Robert Samuelson

Cragg Hines

Sandra Hoexter

Holland & Knight LLP

Rob Kallman

The S. Kann Sons Company Foundation, Inc

Sid Kaplan

Irene and Lou Katz

Michael R. Klein and Joan Fabry

Stacey Kluck

Kimberly and Bruce Levin

Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein

Arleen Enid Lustig

Samy Mahfar

Mary Lynne Martin

Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes

Mary Stuart McCamy

Cathy and Scot McCulloch

The Frank H Menaker Jr Family

Mimi Tygier and Robert Rubin

Dr. Kathryn Veal

Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Eric Zelenko ◊

Judy and Leo Zickler

Renay and Bill Regardie

Carol Risher

Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein

Peggy and David Shiffrin

Michael Singer and James Smith

United Bank

Heidi Wachs

Joan S. Wessel

Carolyn and William Wolfe

World Bank Group

Yiddish of Greater Washington

Michael B. Menaker and Mary Mulcahey

Rona and Allan Mendelsohn

Donald and Lynne Myers

Joan Nathan

Gayle and Steven Neufeld

Ruth and Stephen Pollak

Alan Roth and Michael Rodgers

Alfred Sanders

David Schectman

David Schnitzer and Claire Bergeron

Ann Schwartz

Barbara Silverstein and Alan Kirschenbaum

Susan Rubin Suleiman

Lise Van Susteren and Jonathan Kempner

Allison and Daniel Turner

Les and Lori Ulanow

United Way of the National Capital Area

Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen

Helene Weisz and Richard Lieberman

Jessika and David Wellisch

Janice White

Janet and Robert Wittes

Anita Wolke and Ken Brooks

*of blessed memory

All of the programs at the Edlavitch DCJCC are supported in part by a generous gift from the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

◊ These Community Champions have supported the Edlavitch DCJCC's FY23 Annual Fund with generous contributions of $5,000 or more. With their support, the Center’s unique programs continue to grow and remain accessible to everyone in our vibrant community.

¶ Denotes a member of the EDCJCC’s Community Pillars program. These supporters have committed to leaving a lasting legacy by including the EDCJCC in their estate planning.

With the support of our community of donors, the Edlavitch DCJCC remains the premier address in our nation’s capital for an expanding, diverse, and vibrant urban Jewish community. Consider a tax-deductible contribution to the EDCJCC today. Visit edcjcc.org/support.

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