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| | What I Thought I Knew
by Alice Eve Cohen
August 18-30, 2018
A Solo Production with Kim Kivens (Church & State, Natasha and the Coat, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins)
Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her 40s, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of tests, a doctor determines that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American health care system is told with honesty and humor.
Directed by Jennie Ward | Buy tickets | |
| | The Last Schwartz
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
October 20- November 11, 2018
Tickets on sale September 4, 2018
On the anniversary of their father’s death, three brothers and their sister return to the family home for the unveiling memorial service. Grounded in painful pasts, this wacky comedy/drama explores Jewish identity and the question of cultural continuity within family dynamics.
Directed by MJTC’s Ivey Award-winning director of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Warren C. Bowles. | Buy tickets | |
| | The Chanukah Guest
by Jenna Zark, based on the book by Eric A. Kimmel.
December 2-18, 2018
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A return of the MJTC commission that was a sold-out hit, this hilarious and endearing tale tells the story of Bubba Brayna, making latkes for the first night of Chanukah, when the smell from her kitchen brings an unexpected and very hungry visitor. Based on the award-winning book of the same name by Eric Kimmel, this interactive play is perfect for the whole family!
Directed by Craig Johnson. | Buy tickets | |
| | Actually
by Anna Ziegler
February 16- March 10, 2019
Tickets on sale January 1, 2019
Two Princeton students— a Jewish girl and an African American guy— must recount their intimate evening together to a university panel charged with assessing whether sexual assault took place. This riveting play explores perception and reality concerning consent and social norms today. Miriam Schwartz and JuCoby Johnson star in this edgy new work by the writer of Photograph 51.
Director TBA. | Buy tickets | |
| | Shul
by Sheldon Wolf
April 27- May 19, 2019
Tickets on sale January 1, 2019
In this MJTC world premiere, the last congregants of an old synagogue must decide what to do with their dilapidated building. Should they try to keep the congregation going, sell it, or share it with members of the Sikh community? This funny, charming, and endearing new work explores what it means to be Jewish for different generations.
Directed by Robert Dorfman in his directorial debut. | Buy tickets | |