Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day)’s Birthright begins its New York premiere run Off-Broadway via MCC Theater June 16, playing the company’s Newman Mills Theater. Opening night will be June 29, with the run set to continue through July 26. Teddy Bergman directs.
The work is about a group reuniting nearly two decades after a shared Birthright trip to Israel. The work was commissioned and premiered by Miami New Drama, and MCC’s run is produced by special arrangement with Jenny Gersten, Fourth Wall Theatricals, and Sonia Friedman Productions.
The cast features Hale Appleman (The Magicians), Molly Bernard (Younger), Eli Gelb (Stereophonic), Liz Larsen (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Nate Mann (Masters of the Air), Molly Ranson (Prayer for the French Republic), and Zoë Winters (Succession). Casting is by The Telsey Office.
The staging features scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Lee Kinney, projection design by David Bengali, wig, and hair design by Robert Pickens, makeup design by Nikoletta Skarlatos, intimacy coordination by Alicia Rodis, voice and text coaching by Gigi Buffington, and prop supervision by Samantha Shoffner. Charles M. Turner III serves as production stage manager, and Nicole Johnson of Harriet Tubman Effect is the DEI consultant.
“Birthright is ambitious, intimate, and deeply personal—a play that courageously grapples with identity, responsibility, and belief in ways that are provocative, piercing, and deeply illuminating,” said Friedman and Gersten in an earlier joint statement. “Jonathan and Teddy have created something sensitive and powerful, and MCC is the ideal home for its New York debut. MCC has always championed bold new writing that provokes conversation and builds community, and we’re proud to support them in premiering this urgent and resonant work.”
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