When college professor Asaf (Josh Radnor) is asked by a student to sign a social justice manifesto, what seems at first like a simple choice instead embroils him in an increasingly complex web of conflicting agendas that challenge his allegiances as a progressive, a husband, an artist, an academic, an American, an atheist and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: “If I am only for myself, what am I?”
Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (The Wolves), The Ally is a passionate, provocative and unflinching new play about the vanishing line between the personal and the political.
Show Notes: 1 intermission
Audience Advisory:
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and The Public encourages you to contact them (info@publictheater.org or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. The Ally includes active discourse about Israelis and Palestinians, police violence and racism.
Performance Schedule:
TUESDAY-FRIDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 1 PM & 7 PM
No 1 PM performances February 17 & 18
Cast
Josh Radnor
Cherise Boothe
Madeline Weinstein
Ben Rosenfield
Director
Lila Neugebauer
Written by
Itamar Moses