Mikvah Girls

Mikvah Girls is the story of two orthodox Jewish women who are supposed to be performing a monthly cleansing ritual at a mikvah. Instead, they actually use this time to hold meetings of their two-person Bruce Springsteen fan club. Together they grapple with the effects their religion has on their sexuality, desires, hopes, and dreams, all while obsessing over the Boss and dreaming of a better world they could...

Mikvah Girls is the story of two orthodox Jewish women who are supposed to be performing a monthly cleansing ritual at a mikvah. Instead, they actually use this time to hold meetings of their two-person Bruce Springsteen fan club. Together they grapple with the effects their religion has on their sexuality, desires, hopes, and dreams, all while obsessing over the Boss and dreaming of a better world they could build together.

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Mikvah Girls

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  • Shaun Leisher: Mikvah Girls

    I really loved this play. Two women find freedom within each other in a culture that oppresses them. I don't think I've ever read a play that looks at the religion from this angle. I enjoyed getting to see the deep love these women have for each other. I couldn't help but be moved as they dream of a future together with Bruce Springsteen. My heart breaks knowing that those dreams are only that. This is a fantastic piece for young Jewish women to sink their teeth into.

    I really loved this play. Two women find freedom within each other in a culture that oppresses them. I don't think I've ever read a play that looks at the religion from this angle. I enjoyed getting to see the deep love these women have for each other. I couldn't help but be moved as they dream of a future together with Bruce Springsteen. My heart breaks knowing that those dreams are only that. This is a fantastic piece for young Jewish women to sink their teeth into.

  • Liv Fassanella: Mikvah Girls

    A bittersweet love story about girlhood, taking what you want from life, and being there for each other (and I little bit of fan-fiction fantasy.) I love these characters and this setting, and had a great time reading!

    A bittersweet love story about girlhood, taking what you want from life, and being there for each other (and I little bit of fan-fiction fantasy.) I love these characters and this setting, and had a great time reading!

  • Heather Helinsky: Mikvah Girls

    This play explores the friendship of two young women from a community that silences women, and gives them a safe space to be light, funny, passionate fangirls and dramatizes their desire for deep love and connection. The play is a fresh take and has a bubbly, magical theatricality as they express their secrets and the sincere ways they connect to their faith. This play is a glimpse. The writer makes me deeply care for them as the narrative moves fluidly from their dreams towards the darker realities they face culturally with their mental health and cycles of patriarchal abuse.

    This play explores the friendship of two young women from a community that silences women, and gives them a safe space to be light, funny, passionate fangirls and dramatizes their desire for deep love and connection. The play is a fresh take and has a bubbly, magical theatricality as they express their secrets and the sincere ways they connect to their faith. This play is a glimpse. The writer makes me deeply care for them as the narrative moves fluidly from their dreams towards the darker realities they face culturally with their mental health and cycles of patriarchal abuse.

Character Information

  • Chava
    Character Age
    23
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Jewish
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Aviva
    Character Age
    19
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Jewish
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Rachel
    Character Age
    23
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Jewish
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Bruce Springsteen
    Character Age
    Any age
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any

Development History

  • Type Residency, Organization Art House Productions, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Breaking and Entering Theatre Company, Year 2023

Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization This is a Front Theatre/ Hollywood Fringe, Year 2024

Awards