“A THRILLINGLY CONSTRUCTED DRAMA”
–HELEN SHAW, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“THE BEST NEW PLAY OF THE YEAR”
–ROBERT HOFLER, THE WRAP
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★★★★
“THE YEAR’S BEST NEW PLAY”
–THOM GEIER, CULTURESAUCE
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“A MASTERFUL NEW PLAY”
–ELYSA GARDNER, THE NEW YORK SUN
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★★★★
“INCISIVE WRITING, PITCH-PERFECT DIRECTION, and SUPERB PERFORMANCES”
–FRANK SCHECK, NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW
★★★★
“A fast-moving — no, really! — three-hour-and-15-minute play. YOU’LL WANT TO STAY IN THIS WORLD AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.”
–MELISSA ROSE BERNARDO, NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW
How do you show up for the people you love?
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 the struggle to stay connected across difference. Against a backdrop of political upheaval, the influence of social media on discourse, and profound generational change, their relationships become a battleground for competing histories, beliefs, and uncomfortable emotional truths.
BIRTHRIGHT, the gripping new play by Tony Award® winner JONATHAN SPECTOR (EUREKA DAY) and directed by TEDDY BERGMAN (MOTHER RUSSIA), holds up a mirror to our times and captures the combustible dynamics of modern friendship and chosen family: the longing to understand each other, the fear of saying the wrong thing, and the pain of realizing that love does not always guarantee agreement.
Provocative, funny, and piercingly contemporary, BIRTHRIGHT asks whether connection is still possible when every conversation feels like it could be the one that breaks everything apart.
A chronicle of a generation in three breathtaking acts.
This production is recommended for ages 16+ and contains nudity, haze and the use of herbal cigarettes. For more details, please reference our content disclosure. Please note that the content disclosure may contain plot spoilers.
To protect the privacy of our performers, this event will be phone-free. After your tickets are scanned, phones will be turned off and secured in Yondr pouches, which will be unlocked at the end of the show. You will maintain possession of your phone at all times. Access to a “phone zone” will be available at intermissions for you to use your devices.
Find more details about our phone-free procedures here. If you have any questions about the phone-free policy for this production, please contact audienceservices@mcctheater.org. Thank you for helping us protect the privacy of our performers and share a distraction-free experience for all.
BIRTHRIGHT is produced by Special Arrangement with Jenny Gersten, FourthWall Theatrical, and Sonia Friedman Productions.
BIRTHRIGHT was commissioned and developed by Miami New Drama. World Premiere presented by Miami New Drama, April 2024, Michel Hausmann-Artistic Director; Nicholas Richberg-Managing Director.