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This new play comes to MCC Theater from 5 June - 12 July 2026.

What begins as a reunion among six young friends after a Birthright trip to Israel in 2006 becomes, over the span of 18 years, an exploration of identity, fracturing communities, and what it means to belong in BIRTHRIGHT by Tony Award® winner JONATHAN SPECTOR (EUREKA DAY) and directed by TEDDY BERGMAN (MOTHER RUSSIA).


As these friends grow up and the world around them shifts in seismic ways, they find themselves confronting essential questions: How do we carry the weight of history? How do we define who we are, and who we want to be? And what happens when the narratives we inherit no longer fit the lives we’re living?


Tracing a generation through the lens of American Jewish life, BIRTHRIGHT is a portrait of friendship across time. In an era defined by social media, their conversations evolve, capturing the complicated, funny, and deeply real experience of staying close.

Birthright is produced by Special Arrangement with Jenny Gersten, FourthWall Theatrical, and Sonia Friedman Productions.


Birthright was commissioned and developed by Miami New Drama. World Premiere presented by Miami New Drama, April 2025, Michel Hausmann-Artistic Director; Nicholas Richberg-Managing Director.


The performance schedule for Birthright is as follows: Tuesdays-Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm.

CAST

HALE APPLEMAN

MOLLY BERNARD

ELI GELB

ABBI JACOBSON

LIZ LARSEN

NATE MANN

ZOË WINTERS

CREATIVES

JONATHAN SPECTOR - Writer 

TEDDY BERGMAN - Director 

SCOTT PASK - Scenic Design

CLINT RAMOS - Costume Design 

NATASHA KATZ - Lighting Design 

LEE KINNEY - Sound Design 

DAVID BENGALI - Projection Desig

ROBERT PICKENS and KATIE GELL - Wig, Hair & Makeup Design

GIGI BUFFINGTON - Voice and Text Coaching 

SAMANTHA SHOFFNER - Props Supervision

CHARLES M. TURNER, III - Production Stage Manager 

NICOLE JOHNSON / HARRIET TUBMAN EFFECT - DEI Consultant

THE TELSEY OFFICE - Casting 

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