Ali’s play SHAME SPIRAL (or a probably-bad-stupid-nobody-will-ever-want-to-watch-it play about The Bachelor) was selected among over 735 as one of 35 finalists for this year’s Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She is thrilled to be a finalist, along with some of her dear friends and talented colleagues. The press release can be found here.
World Premiere
November 13 – December 13, 2020
Victory Gardens Theater | Chicago, IL
By Ali Viterbi
Directed by Devon de Mayo
Each Passover, for four millennia, we ask: why is this night different from all other nights? And each year, the Levi-Katz clan has answered, while struggling with questions of race and religion that never seem to get resolved. The family finds strength in tradition (vegan brisket or no); but each year of celebration brings more pressing questions about the future: if trauma is generational, then must we be defined by it? Will we ever be free? Written by Ali Viterbi, In Every Generation was the 2019 winner of the National Jewish Playwriting Contest, and will have its world premiere at Victory Gardens, staged by Devon de Mayo (If I Forget, Victory Gardens).
More information about the play and tickets can be found here. And the full announcement for Victory Garden’s spectacular 2020-2021 season can be found here.
And click here for the Chicago Tribune’s press release.
By Ali Viterbi
IN EVERY GENERATION has won The Kennedy Center’s 2020 Second Place awards for the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award and the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award.
JEAN KENNEDY SMITH PLAYWRITING AWARD: Supported by VSA, the International Organization on Arts and Disability, and Kennedy Center Access. The Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, named after the founder of VSA, is offered for the outstanding student-written script that explores the human experience of living with a disability.
ROSA PARKS PLAYWRITING AWARD: The Rosa Parks Playwriting Award, presented in association with the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, celebrates one of the great Americans of the civil rights movement, and recognizes the outstanding student or faculty-written full-length play on the subject of social justice and/or civil rights.
The ceremony at The Kennedy Center has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
Vermont Studio Center
September 14-25, 2019
Johnson, Vermont
Ali is currently at a two week writer’s residency at Vermont Studio Center in the beautiful Johnson, Vermont. In a studio overlooking a river, Ali’s writing a new play about high school, passing privilege, and Anne Frank. Stay tuned for more news!
August 12-18, 2019
Wildacres, Little Switzerland, North Carolina
Ali is currently returning for a second time for a week-long writer’s residency at Wildacres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. In a cozy cabin in the woods, Ali’s writing a new play about high school, passing privilege, and Anne Frank. Stay tuned for more news!