Jericho

by Jack Canfora

Four years after 9/11, Beth, whose husband was killed in the World Trade Center attacks, is trying to get her life back on track. But certain obstacles remain, including the fact that her therapist appears to her as her late husband. As she tentatively begins a new relationship, she spends a Thanksgiving dinner with her new boyfriend's family, where she meets Josh, who survived the 9/11 attacks but is no less...

Four years after 9/11, Beth, whose husband was killed in the World Trade Center attacks, is trying to get her life back on track. But certain obstacles remain, including the fact that her therapist appears to her as her late husband. As she tentatively begins a new relationship, she spends a Thanksgiving dinner with her new boyfriend's family, where she meets Josh, who survived the 9/11 attacks but is no less haunted by them than Beth. Called "Brilliant" by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and "An important contribution to the American Stage" by Theatre Communications Group, JERICHO is, as the New York Times describes it, "a lovely, humorous work with laughs that resolve into a meditation on the pains and satisfactions of living after a tragedy."

Set in Manhattan and its suburbs, Jack Canfora's JERICHO is a thought-provoking exploration of how people cope with collective and personal tragedy. In 2005, people with disparate lives but a common tragedy find themselves embroiled in one family's personal and political dramas. Canfora's characters are touchingly human, struggling to learn what it means to belong to another person and to a larger community, all while figuring out how to meet their own needs. With surprising humor, JERICHO reminds us that all struggles, even political ones, are ultimately personal.

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Jericho

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization UpstART , Year 2017
  • Type Professional, Organization Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company , Year 2015
  • Type Professional, Organization The Directors Company/59E59 (Off Broadway), Year 2013
  • Type Professional, Organization New Jersey Repertory, Year 2011
  • Type Professional, Organization Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis , Year 2011

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