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First publication of the complete plays of Chaim Potok. With the exception of the
The Chosen, none have been previously available.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Out of the Depths
Post-Performance Discussion of Out of the Depths with Chaim Potok and David Roskies
Sins of the Father:
The Carnival
The Gallery
The Play of Lights
The Chosen
About the author
CHAIM POTOK (1929-2002) is the author of nine novels, including The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, Davita’s Harp, and I Am the Clay. He also wrote Young Adult fiction (Zebra and Other Stories); children’s books (The Tree of Here and The Sky of Now); a collection of novellas (Old Men at Midnight); biographies of Isaac Stern and Vladimir Slepak; Wanderings: Chaim Potok’s History of the Jews; and numerous essays and short stories. An ordained rabbi, he served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Korea. The Collected Plays of Chaim Potok is the first volume of his plays to be published.CHAIM POTOK (1929-2002) is the author of nine novels, including The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, Davita’s Harp, and I Am the Clay. He also wrote Young Adult fiction (Zebra and Other Stories); children’s books (The Tree of Here and The Sky of Now); a collection of novellas (Old Men at Midnight); biographies of Isaac Stern and Vladimir Slepak; Wanderings: Chaim Potok’s History of the Jews; and numerous essays and short stories. An ordained rabbi, he served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Korea. The Collected Plays of Chaim Potok is the first volume of his plays to be published.RENA POTOK is a writer, editor, and educator. Her articles, reviews, and poems have appeared in many publications, among them Religion and Literature; The Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature; Borders, Exiles, Diasporas; and Contemporary Women Poets. She was Senior Acquisitions Editor at the Jewish Publication Society, and is the editor of Hills of Spices: Poetry from the Bible, and the 50th anniversary critical edition of The Chosen by Chaim Potok. She was a 2017 recipient of a Fiction Fellowship at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. She teaches literature and writing at Villanova University.DAVID BASSUK is Professor of Theater Arts at Purchase College. He was Artistic Director of Novel Stages Theater Company and Arcadia Shakespeare Festival in Philadelphia, and co-Artistic Director of Ark Theater Company in Los Angeles. He is a director of many productions, among them Cat’s Cradle a musical by Kurt Vonnegut, Chaim Potok’s The Chosen Off-Broadway, and “American Camera” at Lincoln Center.CAROL ROCAMORA is an educator, translator, playwright, director, and critic. She founded the Philadelphia Festival Theatre For New Plays at Annenberg Center, where she produced and directed three world premiere plays by Chaim Potok. She is the author of seven books, and has served on the faculty of NYU/Tisch School of the Arts for the past 25 years. She is a member of the American Theater Critics Association, the Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk.AARON POSNER is a theater director, teacher, and playwright. His adaptations of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev have had more than 100 productions, both in the United States and abroad. His other plays and adaptations include Stupid Fucking Bird, Life Sucks, No Sisters, District Merchants, JQA, and Sometimes A Great Notion. He has directed at major regional theater companies throughout the United States.
