Plays by Juliene Berk
- based on the books: Call Her Blessed and Glimpses of Roots
Half Life
Now an old man, Bercu, after 50 plus years of a happy marriage, tells the story of his married life as we see what his life alone is like. (1 M, one act, one set, interior)
Yankel in America
An immigrant man who brought his family to America in 1907 philosophizes in his own inimical voice and sings his favorite Jewish songs in between our learning about his daughter Lara and her marriage to Bercu. (1W, 3M, one set, interior).
Contact: julieneberk@aol.com
Plays by Hindi Brooks
Makeover - A 10 minute comedy
An older woman who has been rejected by a makeover show sits on a park bench and throws away the coupons she would have used if she had become younger. The maintenance man tires of picking them up, berates her for littering, and then helps her to feel better about herself. 1 woman, 1 man
Supposing Moses - A 10 minute comedy
In a theatre dressing room, a young actor preparing to audition to play Moses is confronted by the real Moses, who coaches him for the part. But Moses is not really Moses, just another actor trying to erase the competition. 2 men
Contact: brookshindi@yahoo.com
Plays by Joni Brown-Walders
My Name is Evie Goldstein - A 10 minute comedy
Desperate for attention and recognition, a middle-aged
Jewish woman climbs up on a freeway overpass and stops
all traffic when she "moons” the drivers below. 2 women, 1
man. Simple platform set; exterior.
A Holiday Taleor How I Learned to Stop Kvetching and Love
the Torah- - A 20 minute comedy monologue
When Marsha Geitlebaum "plants" a Christmas tree in her
family’s living room, her whole Jewish world erupts in a
frenzy of hilarious anxiety and recrimination.
Contact: jonibw@hotmail.com |