LET’S TALK
Join us for our post-show TALKBACKS with artists and AUDIENCES CONVERSATIONS moderated by MCC staff after select performances, and for FORUM DISCUSSIONS and events aimed at provoking conversation and public engagement.
POST-SHOW EVENTS
JUNE 16: Cast Talkback & Patron Night
JUNE 17: Author/Director Talkback
JULY 9: Cast Talkback
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
JUNE 10: OPEN CAPTION
PERFORMANCES BEGIN JUNE 5
What begins as a reunion among six young friends after a Birthright trip to Israel in 2006 becomes, over the span of 18 years, an exploration of identity, fracturing communities, and what it means to belong in BIRTHRIGHT by Tony Award® winner JONATHAN SPECTOR (EUREKA DAY) and directed by TEDDY BERGMAN (MOTHER RUSSIA).
As these friends grow up and the world around them shifts in seismic ways, they find themselves confronting essential questions: How do we carry the weight of history? How do we define who we are, and who we want to be? And what happens when the narratives we inherit no longer fit the lives we’re living.
Tracing a generation through the lens of American Jewish life, BIRTHRIGHT is a portrait of friendship across time. In an era defined by social media, their conversations evolve, capturing the complicated, funny, and deeply real experience of staying close.
BIRTHRIGHT is produced by Special Arrangement with Jenny Gersten, FourthWall Theatrical, and Sonia Friedman Productions.
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PATRON PRIORITY BOOKING BEGINS APRIL 13
SUBSCRIBER PRIORITY BOOKING BEGINS APRIL 16
GENERAL ONSALE BEGINS APRIL 30
*All booking windows open at noon ET
The Newman Mills Theater
THE ROBERT W. WILSON
MCC THEATER SPACE
511 W 52 ST
NY, NY 10019
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CREATIVE TEAM
JONATHAN SPECTOR
PLAYWRIGHT
JONATHAN SPETCOR (playwright) is a Tony Award-winning playwright based in Oakland, California whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include EUREKA DAY (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Dorian Award, Glickman Award); THIS MUCH I KNOW (Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critic Circle Award, Edgerton Award); GOOD. BETTER. BEST. BESTED.; and BEST AVAILABLE. Spector’s plays have been produced at theaters including Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Marin Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Hampstead Theater, Theater J, Miami New Drama, Syracuse Stage, Burg Theater, Colt Coeur, and been translated into Swedish, German, French and Spanish. He is currently under commission with Manhattan Theater Club, Roundabout Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse. In addition to BIRTHRIGHT, in the 2025-26 season he will have the Off-Broadway premiere of THIS MUCH I KNOW at 59E59 in September, and over twenty productions of EUREKA DAY around the world (though not at the Kennedy Center…).
TEDDY BERGMAN
DIRECTOR
TEDDY BERGMAN (director): Recent work includes the revival of URINETOWN (NYCC Encores!, Drama League Nom), the world premier of Jonathan Spector’s BIRTHRIGHT, and the immersive experience LIFE AND TRUST. Other work includes the critically acclaimed EMPIRE TRAVEL AGENCY and Broadway musical KPOP (Drama Desk Nom, Lucille Lortel Winner for Outstanding Musical, Richard Rodgers Award Winner) with his company Woodshed Collective. Other directing work has been seen at Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, Public Theater, Roundabout, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theater Club, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown, Edinburgh Fringe, Portland Center Stage, Bay Street, Miami New Drama, and more. He also works with pop acts including co-creating and directing Tegan and Sara’s tour “HEY, I’M JUST LIKE YOU.” With director and producer Jason Eagan he is half of Ad Hoc, creators and producers of original and large-scale live entertainment. As an actor he has originated roles on and off-Broadway and appeared in numerous films and tv shows.
