TEMPLE

by Bethany Leigh Greenman

FULL-LENGTH: TEMPLE is the story of four Jews who each want to change something about Jewish history. Rabbi Chekolech wants to go back to Ethiopia in the 1600s to warn Beta Israel villages of the emperor's raids. Cantor Adam wants to go back to Atlanta in the 1950s to prevent the bombing of The Temple. Sisterhood officer Sarah wants to prevent the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Rachel just wants...

FULL-LENGTH: TEMPLE is the story of four Jews who each want to change something about Jewish history. Rabbi Chekolech wants to go back to Ethiopia in the 1600s to warn Beta Israel villages of the emperor's raids. Cantor Adam wants to go back to Atlanta in the 1950s to prevent the bombing of The Temple. Sisterhood officer Sarah wants to prevent the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Rachel just wants to shoot Hitler. They all discuss these desires while preparing for a vigil in their own temple, when G-d decides to grant their prayers and send them all back in time. From there, it is up to them to decide if they really want to alter the course of Jewish history forever.

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TEMPLE

CHEKOLECH—An Ethiopian-Israeli-American woman. Rabbi. Doubles as Jacob Rothschild in Adam's scenes in The Temple in Atlanta. Jewish.
ADAM—An Asian-American man. Cantor. Doubles as the rabbi in Sarah's scenes in The First Temple. Jewish.
SARAH – Sisterhood officer. Doubles as a woman in the kitchen in Chekolech's scenes in a Beta Israel village. Jewish.
RACHEL—Sisterhood member. Doubles as another woman in the kitchen in Chekolech's scenes in a Beta Israel village. Jewish.
STRANGER—Anyone. Does not double as anyone else. Jewish.

Development History

  • Workshop, Playwriting Class, Ohio University, 2019
  • Reading, Undergraduate Playwrights' Festival, Ohio University, 2019