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Period Sisters

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Period Sisters

August 24-25 @ 7pm, August 25-26 @2pm

SubletSeries@HERE | HERE Arts Center | New York, NY

 

By Ali Viterbi

Directed by Gabrielle Hoyt

Produced by Emma Hills

After freshman Joni joins sorority Theta Beta, she learns that sisterhood means more than the colors you wear. Accompanied by her troubled best friend Kate, Joni spirals down a rabbit hole of bulimia dream ballets, Bachelor restoration comedies, and Dirty Disney ragers. Confronted with a world that confounds her expectations, Joni forces all the members of Theta Beta to ask: what do women owe other women? Period Sisters, a 2018 O’Neill finalist, creates a searing portrait of life as a young, 21st century woman. A fierce new voice in the American theater, playwright Ali Viterbi mixes fun with fury, creating the feminist theater you didn’t know you needed.

For more info about the show, and to purchase tickets, click here. 

Tickets: $15

In Every Generation

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In Every Generation

 North Coast Repertory Theatre| 25th annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival
June 18, 2018

Written by Ali Viterbi

Directed by Gabrielle Hoyt

Eva Trieger’s article in the San Diego Jewish World: “Viterbi’s IN EVERY GENERATION debates Jewish Questions”

“…The dialogue is tender and honest, and the fact that the readers learned so much Italian and Hebrew is most impressive!..This is quite an accomplishment for a writer so young.The show’s focus on miracles and inquiry makes for an interesting dichotomy. Luckily, as Jews, we’re allowed to question. I left the theater with several questions and few answers. However, I think that in order to seek resolution, I will have to look to our past, evaluate the present, and speculate about the future.  I think that’s what Ali Viterbi had in mind when she wrote this provocative script.”

The rest of the glowing review can be found here!

 

In Every Generation

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In Every Generation

Monday, June 18 @ 7:30pm

North Coast Repertory Theatre| Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival | San Diego, CA

By Ali Viterbi

Directed by Gabrielle Hoyt

After a successful staged reading at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference on June 15, IN EVERY GENERATION is coming to the North Coast Repertory Theatre as part of the 25th annual Lipinsky San Diego Jewish Arts Festival.

IN EVERY GENERATION is a mystical journey through continents, languages and generations of a family and nation’s stories. An Italian Jewish family joins together for Passover Seders year after year, era to era. Over matzah ball soup and (vegan) brisket, sibling rivalries simmer, plagues fall, and miracles are both remembered and forgotten. IN EVERY GENERATION asks what happens to a people once they are no longer in danger? How does a community collectively adjust to freedom?

Tickets can be purchased here. For more info about the show, see the article on Broadway World here.

Tickets: $22 | NCRT subscribers $17

A glowing review of the reading can be found here!

Last Frontier Theatre Conference

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In Every Generation

Friday, June 15 @ 3:45pm

Last Frontier Theatre Conference | Valdez, AK

By Ali Viterbi

Ali is thrilled to return to the Last Frontier Theatre Conference for the third time, where her play IN EVERY GENERATION will receive its first public staged reading. 

IN EVERY GENERATION is a mystical journey through continents, languages and generations of a family and nation’s stories. An Italian Jewish family joins together for Passover Seders year after year, era to era. Over matzah ball soup and (vegan) brisket, sibling rivalries simmer, plagues fall, and miracles are both remembered and forgotten. IN EVERY GENERATION asks what happens to a people once they are no longer in danger? How does a community collectively adjust to freedom?

 

9th Annual Women of Valor

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9th Annual Women of Valor

June 7 @ 7:30pm and June 10 @ 1pm and 3pm

Lyceum Space & Encinitas Library | San Diego REP | San Diego, CA

By Ali Viterbi, Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, and Rebecca Myers

Directed by Ali Viterbi and Leah Salovey

Produced by Ali Viterbi (Associate Producer of the 25th Annual Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival)

A completely new version of the Festival’s yearly celebration of the lives and inspiration of six 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: Evelyn Rady, Jill Spitzer, Marsha Berkson, Sura Leider, Ruth Sax, and Dr. Ellen Beck.

Proceeds benefit Chesed Home, Torah High School and Project Sarah.

Co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service of San Diego

“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