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Today I Am! Five Short Plays About Growing Up Jewish |
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Drama/Comedy. Adapted by Sandra Fenichel Asher. Based on original stories about modern Jewish life included in With All My Heart, With All My Mind: 13 Stories About Growing Up Jewish (winner of the National Jewish Book Award in children's literature). Cast: flexible. May double or expand to fit your needs.
One Foot After Another, adapted from a story by Lois Ruby. 2w., 1m., 1 boy. Barry is 13 years old and will become a bar mitzvah and graduate college on the same day. Alma is 82, a college freshman, and hasn't been inside a synagogue since the early '30s. They're out of step with everyone, but not with each another.
David's Star, adapted from a story by Jacqueline Dembar Greene. 1m., 1 teen boy, 2 teen girls. A Sephardic Jew who prefers to keep her heritage to herself, teenager Cara chooses to take a stand when her boss' anti-Semitism threatens her friend Sam.
The Heart of Buchanan, adapted from a story by Sandy Asher. 1w., 4 girls 8 to 13. Sarah's military family moves often, but never before to a town as small as Buchanan. Sarah makes friends by singing in the choir and takes the Christmas program lightly-until she realizes its effect on her more vulnerable little sister.
Wrestling With Angels, adapted from a story by Carol Matas. 1w., 2 teen boys, 2 teen girls. Jaci doubts her religion and feels pressured to keep up with her friends, who have decided on a boyfriend for her and a body-piercing to celebrate her birthday. But a dream interpreted by an Orthodox classmate gives her a new perspective on herself and on Judaism.
Frank and Stein, adapted from a story by Eve B. Feldman. 1m., 1., 1 teen boy, 1 younger girl. Ben Stein receives a diary as a bar mitzvah present and records the agony and ecstasy of the hours leading up to and beyond his big day.
All plays may be staged simply. Approximate running time: 75 minutes.
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Collection*Full-Length*One-Act |
| TF7 |
| 57 |
| $65.00 /perf.* |
| $7.50 |
| 75 min. |
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| Family (All Audiences) | | High Schools * College Theatre * Senior Theatre * Community Theatre * Stock & Lort | | Comedy * Drama |
| 1583423478 |
| 06/23/2006 |
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 |  | Sandra Fenichel Asher has published 24 books for young readers (as Sandy Asher) and over two dozen plays, including Across the Plains; Dancing with Strangers; Emma; I Will Sing Life; Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy; Once, in the Time of Trolls; The Wise Men of Chelm and A Woman Called Truth (all Dramatic Publishing) and The Wolf and ...More | | | | | | | | |
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This title can be licensed/sold throughout the world
Please note that royalties quoted in our catalog are intended for K-12 schools with a standard curriculum only. All other producing groups must submit a completed
application.
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