Tony Award-winning playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) returns to The Public with the world premiere of THE ALLY, a fierce drama that gives voice to some of the most contentious and important questions of our time.
When college professor Asaf (Josh Radnor) is asked by a student to sign a social justice manifesto, what seems at first like a simple choice instead embroils him in an increasingly complex web of conflicting agendas that challenge his allegiances as a progressive, a husband, an artist, an academic, an American, an atheist, and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: “If I am only for myself, what am I?”
Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (The Wolves), THE ALLY is a passionate, provocative, and unflinching new play about the vanishing line between the personal and the political.
By: Itamar Moses
Director: Lila Neugebauer
Producer: The Public Theater
Cast list: Josh Radnor (as Asaf), Cherise Boothe (as Nakia/Rabbi), Elijah Jones (as Baron), Michael Khalid Karadsheh (as Farid), Joy Osmanski (as Gwen), Ben Rosenfield (as Reuven), Madeline Weinstein (as Rachel)
Design: Lael Jellinek
Costumes: Sarita Fellows
Lighting: Reza Behjat
Sound: Bray Poor
Other info: Prop management by Claire M. Kavanah
Accessible entrances, seating, and restrooms. Assistive Listening Devices. ASL interpreted, Open Caption and Audio Descriptions at select performances or on demand by request.
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