Synopsis
Voices from Ariel - Ten-Minute Plays Reflecting the Jewish Experience
Published by Dramatic Publishing
7 Male 1 Female
Some plays are about contemporary Jewish life, others are about Jewish women, while the rest are based on stories and characters from the Old Testament, giving them a theatrical and very modern up-to-date twist
In 'Til Death Do Us Plots, newly divorced and "dead" Art and Lucille are stuck for eternity and some everlasting "kvetching" in a double coffin
A widow who's a Class Act registers for everything from cooking to clowning at the local Y
A bumbling Foot Peddler tells of selling his wares in 19th-century Pennsylvania
Jewish women of all ages will appreciate the humorous mishaps of being: a Single Jewish Female poking around for a partner
The Ger (The Convert) trying to rally support from family and friends
And a mother and daughter who, In Spite of Everything, renew each other's faith while trapped in a Tel Aviv apartment during an Iraq scud attack
Where's Your Stuff? focuses on a young man who has given up his faith only to be jaunted in the middle of the night by the spirit of his long-departed bar mitzvah coach, Cantor Birnbaum
Smoke is a disquisition on cigars, memory and the Sabbath
In addition, we have two very clever Midrash biblical interpretations: a talking golden calf takes this Golden Opportunity to speak out on worshiping idols
While An Interview with a Scapegoat takes one reporter to task as she tries to get her story on the hottest goat in the wilderness!