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!
IN EVERY GENERATIONSeptember 4 @ 7:30pm
Jewish Plays Project | 14th St Y | New York City
By Ali Viterbi
Directed by Howard Shalwitz
IN EVERY GENERATION has won the 2019 National Jewish Playwriting Contest! Over 150 playwrights from 27 states and 6 countries submitted plays to the Contest. The JPP chose the play through its signature community-centered process, which combined the efforts of over 1,000 people in 7 cities – artists in New York, clergy and Jewish lay leaders, and theater-savvy audiences – a unique effort that provides one-of-kind feedback to playwrights and invaluable audience response to prospective producers.
The play will receive the JPP’s featured workshop reading at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, on Wednesday, September 5th at 7:30 pm. Audiences can reserve tickets at www.jewishplaysproject.org or jewishplaysproject.eventbrite.com
One family. One holiday. Four millennia. The Levi-Katz family celebrates Passover again and again (and again and again) and while times, location, and languages change, traditions stay the same. Over matzah ball soup and (vegan) brisket, the 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?
For more information, click HERE!
IN EVERY GENERATIONMFA Playwrights’ Workshop
July 27-August 4
The Kennedy Center | National New Play Network | Washington, D.C.
By Ali Viterbi
Directed by Howard Shalwitz
Dramaturged by Gabrielle Hoyt
One family. One holiday. Four millennia. The Levi-Katz family celebrates Passover again and again (and again and again) and while times, location, and languages change, traditions stay the same. Over matzah ball soup and (vegan) brisket, the 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?
For more information, click HERE! And the press release can be found here.
San Diego REP| 26th annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival
Written by Ali Viterbi
Directed by Todd Salovey
Eileen Wingard’s article in the San Diego Jewish World: “Ali Viterbi Play Hits Hot Button Issues”
“Playwright Ali Viterbi , judging by In Every Generation, is a fresh young voice with much to say… [The play] touches upon intergenerational expectations, care for aging parents, divorce, intermarriage, homosexuality, interracial adoption, sibling rivalry, and tensions over religious practice. All are deftly woven into an engaging tapestry, beginning with a three generational family celebrating a Passover seder in the present… The large audience and standing ovation reflected the strong, positive reaction to the excellent presentation.”
The rest of the glowing review can be found here!
please join me
June 13 @ 7:30pm and June 23 @ 2pm
Lyceum Space & Encinitas Library | San Diego REP | San Diego, CA
By Ali Viterbi, Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Sarah Price-Keating, and Rebecca Myers
Directed by Ali Viterbi
A completely new version of the Festival’s yearly celebration of the lives and inspiration of seven of San Diego’s most incredible Jewish women. With music, visuals, and a world premiere script, “Women of Valor” is a staged reading that will touch the heart with laughter, drama, and inspiration. This year’s women include: Theresa Dupuis, Barbara Fischbein, Superintendent Cindy Marten, Allison Price, Cheryl Rattner Price, Jacqui Silver and Manya Wallenfels.
Proceeds benefit Torah High School, Project Sarah, Chabad of Poway and The Butterfly Project
“A woman of valor, who shall find?/ She is more precious than pearls…/ Give her the fruits of her hand/ And let her be praised/ In the gates by her very own deeds” –Proverbs