Following its successful debut in 2025, Shakespeare & Company welcomes back Celebrating Jewish Plays, an immersive theater experience featuring three plays presented over three evenings during the holiday weekend and a new poetry and music component.
Friday, October 9, 2 pm
After the Revolution by Amy Herzog
Emma Joseph proudly carries the torch of her family’s Marxist tradition, devoting her life to the memory of her blacklisted grandfather — until a shocking historical truth forces the entire family to confront questions of honesty and allegiance they thought long resolved. After the Revolution is a bold and moving portrait of an American family thrown into an intergenerational tailspin, forced to reconcile a thorny and delicate legacy.
Saturday, October 10, 7 pm
Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon
The night after their grandfather’s funeral, three cousins engage in a verbal — and sometimes physical — battle. In one corner is Daphna Feygenbaum, a self-proclaimed “Real Jew,” volatile and unbending. In the other is her equally stubborn cousin Liam, a secular and entitled young man with his non-Jewish girlfriend, Melody, in tow. When Liam stakes claim to their grandfather’s Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith, and legacy ensues.
Sunday, October 11, 4 pm
Broken Glass by Arthur Miller
Set in 1938, the play centers on Sylvia Gellburg, whose sudden and mysterious paralysis sets the story in motion. When her husband, Phillip, and doctor, Dr. Hyman, find no physical cause for her condition, they are forced to probe into her psyche — slowly peeling away the layers of each character’s life in this stunning exploration of what it means to be American and Jewish on the eve of World War II.
Sunday, October 11, 2 pm
A String Trio and a Trio of Poets
This special event features the Sherman Chamber Ensemble and poets from Western Mass Yetzirah—Richard Michelson, Lesléa Newman, and Owen Lewis—paired with chamber works including Gideon Klein’s final trio, composed in Theresienstadt.