←Recommendations of Plague Play

  • Stephen Fruchtman: Plague Play by Erin Proctor
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    A telling of the story of the ten plagues that is in turns hilarious and moving and visceral and human and specific and queer and kind and caring and full and so much more that I didn't even realize there was room for in a story I had gotten so used to in Haggadahs and animation. Structuring each scene around each plague is particularly clever. Trying to remember some of them and dreading the others and their impact on the characters I'd come to know over the course of the play was a powerful experience.

    A telling of the story of the ten plagues that is in turns hilarious and moving and visceral and human and specific and queer and kind and caring and full and so much more that I didn't even realize there was room for in a story I had gotten so used to in Haggadahs and animation. Structuring each scene around each plague is particularly clever. Trying to remember some of them and dreading the others and their impact on the characters I'd come to know over the course of the play was a powerful experience.

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  • Elle Meerovich: Plague Play by Erin Proctor
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    A perfect play for those who want to look at the religion and traditions of their childhood with a more analytical eye. The painfully human characters interact with beautiful, loving dialogue, as the quartet tries to care for each other while the world around them falls apart. Made me examine the stories of my youth with more empathy than I may have before.

    A perfect play for those who want to look at the religion and traditions of their childhood with a more analytical eye. The painfully human characters interact with beautiful, loving dialogue, as the quartet tries to care for each other while the world around them falls apart. Made me examine the stories of my youth with more empathy than I may have before.

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  • Walden Barnett: Plague Play by Erin Proctor
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    My heart aches for them all... Like any good analysis of Judaism, invites questions from the first breath and leaves the dust settling around the reader in the aftermath of the answer. Gorgeous inspection of the plagues and highly recommended for anyone who grew up with the Haggadah ingrained in their soul. Nostalgic to those familiar with the story, and welcoming to modern lenses in presentation.

    My heart aches for them all... Like any good analysis of Judaism, invites questions from the first breath and leaves the dust settling around the reader in the aftermath of the answer. Gorgeous inspection of the plagues and highly recommended for anyone who grew up with the Haggadah ingrained in their soul. Nostalgic to those familiar with the story, and welcoming to modern lenses in presentation.

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