Guest Dramaturg Miriam Wiener (Literary Associate, the Vineyard Theater).Lead Dramaturg Abigail Katz (Director of New Play Development, The Atlantic Theater).
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These stories started a conversation for my family on how to honor forgotten pieces of our past and find personal empowerment through an incredible legacy.Īll stories start conversations, and this June, I had the privilege of engaging in a conversation that’s more relevant than ever, thanks to The Jewish Plays Project, known for putting bold, progressive Jewish conversations on world stages. I’ve written about the painstaking process of pulling the stories out of my relatives from seven different countries in order to piece together my own family narrative, ultimately discovering that I come from a long line of resilient survivors. What I recall most from my own Jewish upbringing are these stories – the stories that taught us lessons, that shed light on the past, and the stories with no scarcity of unmistakable Jewish humor. Judaism has quite the longstanding tradition of storytelling. Through story, we each have the capacity to shape the world we live in and build a culture based on compassion. And the best part about a story is that everybody has one. Storytelling, since the beginning of time, has driven change, created movements, and initiated societal transformations. It’s a question we ask, “Mah Nishtanah,” on the Jewish holiday of Passover – a time to celebrate the power that comes from the simple act of telling a story, in order to move ourselves forward.
"A collaborator says, 'That song needs to be better,' and a husband says, 'That's a beautiful song.' Both are important things to say.“Why is this night different from all other nights?” "It really helps to be clear when you need a husband and when you need a collaborator," Abigail adds. "We had to develop language and tools to be able to just be husband and wife and close the office." "The challenge is you don't get to go home from work," says Shaun about their creative partnership. Following a brief but well-received run at the Public Theater's Under the Radar festival in January, Hundred Days is now playing at New York Theatre Workshop through New Year's Eve. The Bengsons have been developing this musical memoir throughout much of their 10-year marriage, and the piece touches on many intimate aspects of their lives, including how they fell in love, symbol-laden dreams, and the looming shadow of mortality. But singer-songwriters Shaun and Abigail Bengson, who lead the quirky indie folk-rock group the Bengsons, aren't conventional, and neither is the show about their relationship: Hundred Days. Marriage can be difficult, and spouses who want to parse the ups and downs of their romance sound destined for a therapist's couch, not the stage.
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