Churchill’s “Seven Jewish Children”

Forum and Theater J are collaborating on reading performances of Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children: a Play for Gaza.  We’ll have the show on March 27 and 29 and Theater J will host performances on March 25 and 26.  All performances will be free to the public and will include a discussion, following the performance.  Deb Margolin has written a response piece, Seven Palestinian Children, which will also be read.

Caryl Churchill

The play has earned quite a reputation for it’s controversial views on the Israeli involvement in Gaza.   Both Theater J and ourselves are dedicated to producing work that gets these conversations going, so choosing to do this play is a perfect match for the two companies.  Follow the postings over at the Theater J blog.

Have you read the play?  What do you think of the controversy?  What is theatre’s role in producing immediate response to current events?

Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza

At Theater J:  Wednesday 3/25 at 8:00 pm and on Thursday 3/26 at 10:00 pm at the Washington DCJCC.  The readings will be free to the public but reservations can be made at www.theaterj.org

At Forum: Friday, March 27 at 10:15pm following the performance of MARISOL and Sunday, March 29 at 1pm at the H Street Playhouse.  The readings will be free to the public and and there will be a collection for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians following the performance and discussion.  No reservations will be taken for the Forum performances, so it will be first-come, first-serve.

Coverage in the NYTimes and the Washington Post.