Shoshannah Boray

Jenna is reeling from a recent shooting at the middle school where she has taught English for 10 years. She, like the other guests at this Thanksgiving feast, holds her trauma close and her secrets closer— until they erupt and escape in flashes of red across the subconscious of the play. An abundance of decadent pie, and other Thanksgiving stalwarts, force guests to confront the troubling realities of our world today, and choose how they will move forward.

Thanks·giv·ing: /ˌTHaNGksˈɡiviNG/noun
• 1. the expression of gratitude, heartfelt and not
• 2.(in North America) an annual national holiday marked by familial tensions
• 3. A tussle over food that masks political differences
• 4. Turkey, Pie, and the traumatic offenses of family and strangers
• 5. Adulting in one’s childhood home

Farbrente! is the a very short reflection of an older Clara Lemlich of the moment she incited 40,000 garment workers to stage a massive strike--- mostly young Jewish women immigrants like herself, dubbed Farbrente Yidish Maydelakh (Fiery Jewish Girls) in the press of the day. Their strike ushered in our modern labor laws, child labor legislation, and regulatory agencies. Clara is joined by Pauline Newman, Rose Schneiderman, and some of her other co-workers in reflecting on that moment, the cascade of events it brought, and its implications with what is happening to workers today.

Maddie, Evan, George and Helen have been friends forever. But they didn't expect the choices they'd have to make as adults. What do we sacrifice for the people we love? When do political ideas not translate to our personal lives? What do you when everything you thought you wanted stops making sense? Strawberry Moon is a play that is both intimate and experimental in form, questioning ideas about perspective and absolutes.

What would you do if your girlfriend had a meaningless affair? Your charming and devoted husband lived by his own set of rules? Your wife always made her opinion known in public? Your lover never got angry? Your country was about to go to war? An unusual dinner party. An unusual party game. (1.5hr. 2W, 2M)

When Aaron comes to find out why his brilliant but wildly irresponsible sister Miri's phone has been disconnected, he finds things are much worse than he expected-- and he expected them to be bad. Now he has to choose whether or not to rescue her from her own demons, again. Or is it Miri rescuing Aaron from his descent into life’s dreariness? A play about siblings, addiction, and the pressure of being 30something in today's world.

Three sisters are stuck on a long flight with their mother's ashes in an urn. They've been changing alliances, keeping secrets and trading insults among the three of them for more than 50 years. The First Sister Trip is about what it means to be a sister, a parent, a spouse, and the ways we love and understand one another.

It’s that time of year again: Thanksgiving. Food, Gluttony, and the traumatic verbal offenses of family and strangers.

Using whimsy and theatricality, Homecoming Royale is about shifting our perspective on disability, difference, and identity politics. Penny, who is cognitively disabled, is at the heart of the story about two step sisters who definitely don't fit in and are the opposite of their parents' favorite. With the help, and hindrance, of Mom, Dad, two out of practice fairy god parents, this band of misguided and misfitted friends will find wisdom, love, and courage where they least expect it.

Only 9 months apart, Cece and Earl haven't spoken in nearly 70 years. He doesn't suspect that his successful, sharp, capable of anything older sister cannot leave the chair she greets him in without assistance. She has never suspected the betrayals and secrets her beloved younger brother has kept from her. How long is too long to wait to ask for forgiveness? How old do we have to be to see what is plainly in front of us?

A woman contacts her younger self to give her advice on life choices.

Benny and Andy take care of one another, that's what siblings do. Especially when it's just the two of them, against the world, which shouldn't happen when you're teenagers, but.. here they are. But when Benny steals Andy's beloved piggy bank-- the only thing he has left from their mother-- well, what do you do when the only person you count on in life steals the one thing you care most about?

Anna and David live a safe, content life in their cozy home nestled in the green mountains of Vermont. Then, one summer, her old friend and his teenage son, separately, and suddenly, move in with them, brandishing their daring choices and bitter challenges to Anna’s and David’s life together. The story of the play takes place as much in the flight of the characters’ minds as in the actual events of the summer, so much so, in fact, that at the end, the entire episode—or just parts of it-- may—or may not—have been a dream, leaving Anna and David with a choice to make. (70min.; 2M;2W)

Two sets of siblings struggle amid inequities and competition around age order, gender, conformity and plain old difference: in other words, classic sibling rivalry. Approaching 90 years old, one pair fought through World War 2; not yet 20, the next is struggling through a worldwide pandemic. But it is the love Cece and Earl, and then Jordie and Alex, have for one another, the ways they support and fail and betray one another, and the divergent experiences they have as siblings growing up together that tell this American story that crosses the social barriers that divide us.

Twins Momotaro and Momoko have decided it's time. Time to vanquish the Oni (Ogres) that have been pillaging, vandalizing and polluting the countryside their village for as long as anyone can remember. But the twins know they cannot do it alone, and as they travel to Oni Island, they encounter the fierce Inu (Dogs), the clever and slapstick Saru (Monkeys), and the intellectual and ephemeral Kijii (Birds). To have any chance of overcoming the fierce Oni, they’ll have to overcome their differences first. Can they work together to return peace and freedom to their homes? Traditional festival music, folk dance, drumming and Japanese language are part of this colorful adaptation of the classic Japanese folktale MOMOTARO.

He loves her unconditionally, without worrying about practicalities; she wants to know where their next meal is coming from. What is the test of true love?

4 sets of blood siblings struggle with their bonds of love and opposition, competition and difference: classic sibling rivalry. Concerned with the ways we love and experience one another, the play asks if it is possible to put aside our assumptions, and our differences, in order to care for one another, and perhaps understand one another, -- not just as siblings, but as friends, country(men), and fellow humans.

Set in Ancient Greece, full of egotistical and childish Greek Gods, noble and war-mongering monarchs and soldiers, the dapper Paris and savvy Helen, and with references to and inspiration from some of today's amazing young activists, The Cassandra Syndrome is a call to action for today's youth to step up and make a better tomorrow.

In a medieval nightclub, three witches concoct a scheme to disrupt all that is honorable in humankind. It begins with a politician, a sign of fate, and his trusted wife, encouraging him to put his calling above the law. The witches stir the pot.

Witche's Brew is a re-imagining of the original tale of power and greed-- Shakespeare’s Macbeth-- in a time not unlike our own. With original music.

Four friends grapple with adult life, the dreams of their youth, and unexpected, difficult decisions. What are the sacrifices you make for the ones you love?  Past, Present, Perfect is a play that is both intimate and experimental in form, questioning ideas about perspective and absolutes.

Helen stands up to her Mother by getting a plant.