Marshall Botvinick

Marshall Botvinick is a playwright and dramaturg based in Durham, North Carolina. His plays have been developed at Playhouse on the Square, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Theatre Ariel, Jewish Plays Project, South Carolina Repertory Company, ATHE New Play Development Workshop, and the Mid-America Theater Conference. He has also been a finalist for the Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, ATHE Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, and the Georgia College Arts & Letters Prize for Drama.

Marshall Botvinick is a playwright and dramaturg based in Durham, North Carolina. His plays have been developed at Playhouse on the Square, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Theatre Ariel, Jewish Plays Project, South Carolina Repertory Company, ATHE New Play Development Workshop, and the Mid-America Theater Conference. He has also been a finalist for the Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, ATHE Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, and the Georgia College Arts & Letters Prize for Drama.

Scripts

Sarah

by Marshall Botvinick

Synopsis

A Jewish prequel to Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, Sarah imagines the lives of the Abramson family as they navigate both family discord and the anti-Jewish violence roiling the Pale of Settlement.

A Jewish prequel to Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, Sarah imagines the lives of the Abramson family as they navigate both family discord and the anti-Jewish violence roiling the Pale of Settlement.

The Reunion in Tauris: A Modern Version of Iphigenia Among the Taurians

by Marshall Botvinick

Synopsis

A modern version of Euripides' underappreciated classic, The Reunion in Tauris tells the story of Iphigenia years after Agamemnon attempted to sacrifice her to the gods. A miraculous survivor, Iphigenia is now a priestess in Tauris where she is forced to consecrate the human sacrifices offered by the Taurians. When Orestes is captured in Tauris, Iphigenia begins preparing him for the savage ritual; but once the...

A modern version of Euripides' underappreciated classic, The Reunion in Tauris tells the story of Iphigenia years after Agamemnon attempted to sacrifice her to the gods. A miraculous survivor, Iphigenia is now a priestess in Tauris where she is forced to consecrate the human sacrifices offered by the Taurians. When Orestes is captured in Tauris, Iphigenia begins preparing him for the savage ritual; but once the siblings discover they are kin, they hatch a plan to escape and finally end the cycle of bloodshed.

To Reach Across a River

by Marshall Botvinick

Synopsis

Yehudis and her husband spend years struggling with infertility. After her marriage falls apart, she decides to adopt a biracial girl, forever altering her relationship with the ultra-Orthodox community she grew up in.

Yehudis and her husband spend years struggling with infertility. After her marriage falls apart, she decides to adopt a biracial girl, forever altering her relationship with the ultra-Orthodox community she grew up in.

The Hero and the Scholar

by Marshall Botvinick

Synopsis

Robert Malone has been a university professor for nearly three decades, but when one of his students mentions his lectures in a suicide note, he finds himself fighting for both his job and his innocence. Yet he can't help but wonder: Did I cause this? Are my words the reason a young man died?

Robert Malone has been a university professor for nearly three decades, but when one of his students mentions his lectures in a suicide note, he finds himself fighting for both his job and his innocence. Yet he can't help but wonder: Did I cause this? Are my words the reason a young man died?

The Missionaries

by Marshall Botvinick

Synopsis

Eighteen years ago, Jeremy and Meredith became Yirmiyahu and Miriam. They left rural Maryland and moved to Jerusalem to pursue their dream of evangelizing the Hasidic community. But dreams don't always go as planned, and sometimes the people you came to change end up changing you. Now with Miriam staring down a terminal cancer diagnosis, Yirmiyahu and Miriam must explain to their teenage daughter, Esther, who...

Eighteen years ago, Jeremy and Meredith became Yirmiyahu and Miriam. They left rural Maryland and moved to Jerusalem to pursue their dream of evangelizing the Hasidic community. But dreams don't always go as planned, and sometimes the people you came to change end up changing you. Now with Miriam staring down a terminal cancer diagnosis, Yirmiyahu and Miriam must explain to their teenage daughter, Esther, who they are and why they made the choices they did. Inspired by actual events, this is a play about faith, identity, and the things we trick ourselves into believing.