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Today I Am! Five Short Plays About Growing Up Jewish
Today I Am! Five Short Plays About Growing Up Jewish
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.

Notes
These plays may also be performed individually or in any combination as an evening of one acts.
Play details
Status:  In Stock
Type of show:  Collection*Full-Length*One-Act
Catalog Code:  TF7
Pages:  57
Royalty:  $65.00 /perf.*
Cost:  $7.50
Approx. Running Time:  75 min.
Categories
Target Audience: Family (All Audiences)
Performing Group: High Schools * College Theatre * Senior Theatre * Community Theatre * Stock & Lort
Genre: Comedy * Drama
ISBN (10): 1583423478
Publication Date: 06/23/2006
Biographies
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
Rights & Availability
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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