Plays by Nancy Gall-ClaytonGeneral Orders No. 11When General Ulysses S. Grant banishes Jews "as a class” from his military district on 24 hours’ notice, 30 families from Paducah, Kentucky, flee upriver to Cincinnati, not knowing if they’ll ever see their homes again. 3 women, 9 men, with doubling 3/6, unit set.The Snowflake TheoryA widow seeks advice from the new rabbi when her 40-yearold unmarried daughter announces she’s pregnant and her son decides to marry a shiksa and serve in Iraq. Love, Jello, Scrabble, and bagels conquer all. 3 women, 9 men, unit set.Contact: nancygallclayton@earthlink.net Plays by Karen GoldbergWoman from the ShtetlA Jewish woman, living in a European ghetto of the eighteenth century, is talking to a visitor. She is reminiscing about her past, about what is important to her and about the meaning of the Sabbath. We learn about some of her fantasies and her anxieties as we meet her two children. 1 W, No set requiredContact: kargoldberg@sbcglobal.net Plays by Rafael WaserThe CasseroleYente cooks a pot of chicken soup. After she leaves, her neighbor cooks a milk-based meal in the same oven. The milk boils over! Did the milk touch Yente’s pot, making her soup “traif”? A question for the Rebbe...The Little TalitFroike sets out to take advantage of the stingy Tashker. He makes a bet with him that his tenant, the apostate Companievich, wears the little talit worn by pious Jews beneath his clothes.Burned OutMoishe’s house, store, and merchandise have burned in a fire for the second time. Not only is he ruined, but the Jews of his town accuse him of setting the fires himself for the insurance!Contact: goldwasrrafael@neuf.fr
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