In Every Generation

World Premiere at Victory Gardens Rescheduled for Spring 2022!

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IN EVERY GENERATION

World Premiere

April 2 – May 1, 2022

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 2021-2022 season can be found here.

Production of IN EVERY GENERATION at the San Diego REP!

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IN EVERY GENERATION

May 26 – June 19, 2022

San Diego Repertory Theatre | San Diego, CA | Lyceum Space

By Ali Viterbi

Directed by Todd Salovey

 

IN EVERY GENERATION will receive its 2nd production at the San Diego Repertory Theatre!

One family. One holiday. Four millennia. The Levi-Katz family celebrates Passover again and again—1416 BCE, 1954, 2019 and 2050 to be exact! While the time, location, and language changes, the traditions stay the same. Over matzah ball soup and (vegan) brisket, this close-knit clan contends with questions of race, religion, and inter-generational trauma. The present echoes the past—and the past the present—as the family repeatedly reenacts the exodus from Egypt, each time asking themselves: must we define ourselves through trauma? Will we ever be free? And why is this night different from all other nights?

More information about the play and tickets can be found here. And the full announcement for San Diego REP’s  2021-2022 season can be found here in the San Diego Union Tribune.

IN EVERY GENERATION starring Tovah Feldshuh!

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IN EVERY GENERATION

Virtual Workshop

July 25, 2021 @ 7pm PT

San Diego Repertory Theatre

By Ali Viterbi

Directed by Todd Salovey

IN EVERY GENERATION was presented online as part of the 28th annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival. The cast starred Tovah Feldshuh as Paola, Ed Gero as Davide, Lisa Robins as Valeria, Sabrina Liu as Dev, and Rebecca Futterman as Yael.

World Premiere at Victory Gardens Theater!

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IN EVERY GENERATION

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.

Kennedy Center Awards

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IN EVERY GENERATION

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.