Seth Rozin
SETTLEMENTS
by Seth Rozin
When the resident theatre at a Jewish Community Center commissions a new play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a half-Jewish/half-Jordanian playwright, the Center finds itself pulled in several directions. One of the Center’s major donors, the Center’s Board President, the theatre’s Artistic Director and the playwright each fight for a different outcome, while the Center’s Executive Director tries to keep the institution from falling off its foundation. In these polarized times when extreme voices on the left and the right threaten to pull America one way or the other, SETTLEMENTS examines the difficult balancing act of holding onto the center.
“This is going to sound hyperbolic, but I truly think if the American Jewish community can figure out how to talk about Israel, then the whole country can recover from disabling partisanship. This is important. ”
Development:
Internal Reading, InterAct Theatre Company
JPP Development:
2020 Jewish Playwriting Contest
Playwright Seth Rozin
Seth Rozin is the author of more than a dozen plays, including Men of Stone (produced by Theater Catalyst, nominated for a Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, published by Playscripts, Inc.), Missing Link (produced by InterAct Theatre Company, nominated for a Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play), Reinventing Eden (produced by InterAct), Black Gold (National New Play Network rolling world premieres at InterAct, Phoenix Theatre, Prop Thtr, Arts West), Two Jews Walk Into A War (NNPN rolling world premieres at Florida Stage, New Jersey Rep, Playwrights Theatre, Shadowland Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, InterAct, Florida Studio Theatre, GEVA Theatre, Barter Theatre, Jewish Theatre of Grand Rapids, New Repertory Theatre; published by Playscripts, Inc.), The Three Christs of Manhattan (produced by InterAct), and Human Rites (produced at Phoenix Theatre & InterAct; winner of the 2018 Brown Martin Philadelphia Award; published by Broadway Play Publishing). Seth has also written the book, lyrics and music for a musical entitled A Passing Wind: The (Mostly) True Story of Joseph Pujol, which received its premiere at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts’ inaugural Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in 2011. He is the recipient of two playwriting fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, NNPN’s Smith Prize, as well as a new play commission from the Foundation for Jewish Culture. Seth is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia, where he has directed over 50 productions, including 35 world premieres, and he has twice served as President of National New Play Network from 2002-2006 and 2014-2016.
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