Nĕbalah

by Brad Goren-Wilson

In Nĕbalah, New York musician and closeted bisexual Ben Teller learns that his college assailant is nominated for a high-ranking judicial office in Tennessee. Should Ben shut his mouth to protect the life he's built? Or take arms against the man he once idolized? Named after the rape of the concubine in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible, and set in our post-Kavanaugh world, Nĕbalah is a harrowing poem of...

In Nĕbalah, New York musician and closeted bisexual Ben Teller learns that his college assailant is nominated for a high-ranking judicial office in Tennessee. Should Ben shut his mouth to protect the life he's built? Or take arms against the man he once idolized? Named after the rape of the concubine in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible, and set in our post-Kavanaugh world, Nĕbalah is a harrowing poem of erasure, self-destruction, and survivorship.

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Nĕbalah

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  • Kitchen Dog Theater: Nĕbalah

    We are pleased to support this play! It was a Finalist for the 2020 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas.

    We are pleased to support this play! It was a Finalist for the 2020 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Kuperman Brothers, Year 2019