Nancy Davidoff Kelton

Nancy Davidoff Kelton’s full-length play, “Finding Mr. Rightstein," had a reading at the Jewish Repertory Theatre in Western New York. It won Honorable Mention at the 11th Annual Jewish Plays Project Competition.

Her play, “An Unveiling, a Date, and a Shrink,” was accepted by the ESP short play festival in Frederick, Maryland where it had a reading. Another short play, “Mom, Lasagna, and Marge,” which she then called “A Beginning” was a finalist in The Chameleon Theatre Circle's 21 Annual New Play Contest.

Nancy is the author of seven books and essays in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Buffalo News, McSweeney’s, Next Avenue, and Parents among other publications. She teaches writing at
The New School and The Strand Bookstore.

Nancy Davidoff Kelton’s full-length play, “Finding Mr. Rightstein," had a reading at the Jewish Repertory Theatre in Western New York. It won Honorable Mention at the 11th Annual Jewish Plays Project Competition.

Her play, “An Unveiling, a Date, and a Shrink,” was accepted by the ESP short play festival in Frederick, Maryland where it had a reading. Another short play, “Mom, Lasagna, and Marge,” which she then called “A Beginning” was a finalist in The Chameleon Theatre Circle's 21 Annual New Play Contest.

Nancy is the author of seven books and essays in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Buffalo News, McSweeney’s, Next Avenue, and Parents among other publications. She teaches writing at
The New School and The Strand Bookstore.

Scripts

Mom, Lasagna, and Marge

by Nancy Davidoff Kelton

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Joanna, age 50, must decide where her widowed mother will live. With communication, understanding, and forgiveness, their relationship, always a struggle, evolves and they can show each other their deep love.

Joanna, age 50, must decide where her widowed mother will live. With communication, understanding, and forgiveness, their relationship, always a struggle, evolves and they can show each other their deep love.

Finding Mr. Rightstein

by Nancy Davidoff Kelton

2
Cast Size
4—9
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

Joanna, a divorced woman of 50, journeys towards forgiveness, finding a home for her mother, finding herself, and finding a mensch of a partner. Her mother suffers from mental illness and spends time in an institution, which Joanna called “the nervous hospital” when she was little. Her struggles with her mother, the family, and the Wrongstein men she dates and tries to love along with her growth as a...

Joanna, a divorced woman of 50, journeys towards forgiveness, finding a home for her mother, finding herself, and finding a mensch of a partner. Her mother suffers from mental illness and spends time in an institution, which Joanna called “the nervous hospital” when she was little. Her struggles with her mother, the family, and the Wrongstein men she dates and tries to love along with her growth as a complicated woman playing many roles, are dramatized with humor and pain.

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An Unveiling, A Date, and a Shrink

by Nancy Davidoff Kelton

2
Cast Size
2—3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

Joanna, age 50, discusses unfinished business with the ghost of her father at his unveiling. She then has a very, very blind date with a man named Larry. This is followed by a session with her psychotherapist. Their time is not yet up.

Joanna, age 50, discusses unfinished business with the ghost of her father at his unveiling. She then has a very, very blind date with a man named Larry. This is followed by a session with her psychotherapist. Their time is not yet up.