Who By Fire
Who by fire
by Talisa Friedman
Over six holidays, the members of a Jewish family grapple with how—or whether—to maintain their religious identity in the modern era.
Playwright Talisa Friedman
“WHO BY FIRE takes a genre that we see at the JPP - the family Seder play - and opens it up to embrace a broader and deeper idea of Jews in America. That’s exciting to me, and feels extremely aligned with our goal of discovering 21st Century Jewish theater.”
JPP Development:
2021 Jewish Playwriting Contest
Talisa Friedman is an actress, writer, and singer based in Los Angeles. Recent credits include a five-month run as Sally Bowles in Celebration Theatre's production of CABARET and the feature film 1 NIGHT IN SAN DIEGO, starring Alexandra Daddario and Jenna Ushkowitz. Other theater: HAMLET (Ophelia) and Alex Timbers' THE LAST GOODBYE (Juliet) at The Old Globe, DONNIE DARKO (Cherita) at the American Repertory Theater, AH! WILDERNESS (Mildred) at Arena Stage, THE DODGERS (Patti) and WE ARE THE TIGERS (Farrah) at LA's Hudson Theater, and THE BARDY BUNCH (Cindy Brady) Off-Bway. Film: BACHELOR LIONS, BAD MATCH, and AT THIRTY WE THROW DINNER PARTIES. TV: "Shameless" and "American Woman." She is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Originally from Washington, DC, she spent formative years of her childhood in Pretoria, South Africa. She majored in English at Harvard, where she was awarded the Jonathan Levy Prize for Acting, the David McCord Prize for the Arts, and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the Signet Society of Arts & Letters. She was married this summer to another very talented writer in a socially-distanced, pandemic-friendly ceremony at the Santa Barbara Courthouse.
