We’re pleased to announce a new initiative for our growing community: an online reading and discussion of a provocative new play: BELFAST KIND by Margo Connolly. The play is an exploration of the identities of a group of adolescent girls living in Belfast during the early 1980s, the period of “the Troubles” when cultural and political tensions were pulling Northern Ireland apart. At the center of this is a bat mitzvah girl, whose struggles with her multifaceted identity seems to be universally relevant for modern Jews. We really enjoyed the play and are eager to discuss it with A Tree with Roots.
A Tree with Roots is delighted to enter into this partnership with the Jewish Plays Project and their Founder & Executive Artistic Director David Wilinsky. Registrants will be invited to read the play in advance and to participate in reading selected passages during the program. Then we’ll explore the Jewish themes that emerge from the play, in conversation with Neal, David, and Margo, the playwright.
Space is limited to maximize participation - register below today:
There is no charge for this event. If you’d like to support the continued growth and development of A Tree with Roots, we’d gratefully welcome it here.