TRAYF by Lindsay Joelle

Recommendations

Heather Helinsky:

30 Apr. 2016

“ I hope this script gets a production soon! I enjoyed the multi-layered characterizations of Shmuel and Zalmy, the young, passionate Lubovitchers driving the "Mitzvah Tank" on a mission through their Crown Heights neighborhood. I bought in very quickly to this story and personally find plays that examine doubts that arise from a tight-knit community dramatically compelling. As many scripts I've read this season have been mining the 1990s, Joelle is onto something here by investigating this moment--if you have a chance, give this one a look! ”
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center:

17 Feb. 2016

“ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Lindsay Joel and their play "TREIF: A Hasidic Lovesong" as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers found this to be an entrancing journey into a unique, specific culture, they responded to the suspenseful tone and pacing. ”