Rob Silverman Ascher

New play dramaturg with research interests in Yiddishkeit, Brecht, adaptation, and Left theatres. Chicago-based.

New play dramaturg with research interests in Yiddishkeit, Brecht, adaptation, and Left theatres. Chicago-based.

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this is a face

by J.C. Pankratz

Elegiac without being saccharine, THIS IS A FACE is a gorgeous look at giving oneself to their partner and carving out a new life.

Elegiac without being saccharine, THIS IS A FACE is a gorgeous look at giving oneself to their partner and carving out a new life.
Osher and the Infinite Curtain

by Elise Wien

So beautiful and so rich. I’ve been thinking about OSHER regularly for the past few years.

So beautiful and so rich. I’ve been thinking about OSHER regularly for the past few years.
In Her Madim

by Rebecca Ostroff

A raw, deeply compelling play about nationalism and what facing history actually looks like.

A raw, deeply compelling play about nationalism and what facing history actually looks like.
Basically Children

by Charlie O'Leary

BASICALLY CHILDREN should be required reading for every college student. No one understands the way the Internet works like Charlie O’Leary.

BASICALLY CHILDREN should be required reading for every college student. No one understands the way the Internet works like Charlie O’Leary.
Anti-Hero: Revenge of the Swifties

by Derick Edgren Otero

This century’s best play about fascism.

This century’s best play about fascism.

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