Lisa Huberman

Lisa Huberman

Lisa Huberman is a playwright, storyteller and educator based in Astoria, Queens whose work has been produced throughout New York City and New Jersey. Her full-length play, Sex and Charitable Giving was produced in The Brick Theatre’s inaugural F*ck Fest and was recently recorded for Elephant Run District’s hERD Podcast. Her solo show, The Worst Zionist in the Room, was featured as part of the Lounge Series...
Lisa Huberman is a playwright, storyteller and educator based in Astoria, Queens whose work has been produced throughout New York City and New Jersey. Her full-length play, Sex and Charitable Giving was produced in The Brick Theatre’s inaugural F*ck Fest and was recently recorded for Elephant Run District’s hERD Podcast. Her solo show, The Worst Zionist in the Room, was featured as part of the Lounge Series at Dixon Place. Lisa is part of the Queens-based artist collective Mission to (dit)Mars and a member of their playwriting group, The Propulsion Lab.

Plays

  • Sex and Charitable Giving by Lisa Huberman
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: awkward sexuality, feminism + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: awkward sexuality, feminism, Sex, interracial relationships, charity, racism, BDSM
    In Sex and Charitable Giving, Ankit and Natasha awkwardly embark on a BDSM journey together. Their secret, sexual fantasy world collides with their ethical values when they decide to sponsor a girl in Nepal, and as they sink deeper into the physical and emotional rabbit hole of their role play, third world problems disrupt their first world lives. This forces them to confront how race, gender, globalization,...
    In Sex and Charitable Giving, Ankit and Natasha awkwardly embark on a BDSM journey together. Their secret, sexual fantasy world collides with their ethical values when they decide to sponsor a girl in Nepal, and as they sink deeper into the physical and emotional rabbit hole of their role play, third world problems disrupt their first world lives. This forces them to confront how race, gender, globalization, colonialism, and other oppressive structures in our world intersect, revealing the dark underbelly of our seemingly good intentions and posing the question: how well do we really know the people closest to us?
  • Persephone in Retrograde by Lisa Huberman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–8
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, coming of age + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: Greek mythology, coming of age, astrology, vegetarian, controlling mothers, earth mother, gardening
    A riff on the ancient Persephone story, PERSEPHONE IN RETROGRADE
    turns the mythological nymph into a contemporary teenager wresting
    free of the patchouli-scented pull of her organic farming and astrology-
    obsessed mother, Demeter. After her mother’s codependent meddling
    crosses a line, Peresephone takes refuge in a steakhouse run by the
    sleek Hades. Hades, however has tangled...
    A riff on the ancient Persephone story, PERSEPHONE IN RETROGRADE
    turns the mythological nymph into a contemporary teenager wresting
    free of the patchouli-scented pull of her organic farming and astrology-
    obsessed mother, Demeter. After her mother’s codependent meddling
    crosses a line, Peresephone takes refuge in a steakhouse run by the
    sleek Hades. Hades, however has tangled family drama of with his niece
    and gatekeeper, on whom he extends a powerful hold. Though at first
    Charon sneers at Persephone’s crunchy granola style and grating
    sincerity, the two young women eventually help each other overcome
    their emotional bondage and claim agency over their destinies.
  • Egyptology by Lisa Huberman
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: gay and lesbian, child custody + 2 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: gay and lesbian, child custody, Egypt, Queen Hatsheptsut
    Egyptology is a drama that tells the story of Cate, an ancient history scholar struggling to maintain a relationship with her young daughter Maddy after her former partner enters into a straight relationship and adopts an increasingly religious worldview.
  • Fiddlers by Lisa Huberman
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: growing up Jewish, Jewish + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: growing up Jewish, Jewish, American Family, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Zionism, intermarriage, interracial relationships
    A year after their mother’s death, two American Jewish siblings return to their childhood home and are faced with revelations that challenge the very core of their cultural and religious identities as they wrestle with Zionism, Orthodoxy, and white privilege.