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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 7m
Joshua Harmon
Joshua Harmon’s brilliant multigenerational drama explores one family’s relationship to faith, history and safety from a global perspective.
Image: 2022 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
Nominee: Three 2024 Tony Awards, including Best Play Winner! Three 2022 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play Winner! 2022 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
In 1944, a Jewish couple in Paris desperately await news of their missing family. More than 70 years later, the couple’s great-grandchildren find themselves facing the same question as their ancestors: “Are we safe?” Following five generations of a French-Jewish family, Prayer for the French Republic is a sweeping look at history, home and the effects of an ancient hatred.
2016-2017
MARCELLE SALOMON BENHAMOU – 50s CHARLES BENHAMOU – 50s, Marcelle’s husband ELODIE BENHAMOU – 28, their daughter DANIEL BENHAMOU – 26, their son PATRICK SALOMON – 50s, Marcelle’s brother MOLLY – 20, a distant American cousin PIERRE SALOMON – 80s, Marcelle & Patrick’s father
1944-1946
IRMA SALOMON – 70s, Pierre’s grandmother ASOLPHE SALOMON – 70s, Pierre’s grandfather LUCIEN SALOMON – 40s, Pierre’s father YOUNG PIERRE SALOMON – at age 15
In both 2016-2017 and 1944-1946, Paris.
“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching and wickedly funny.” – The New York Times
“A brave, articulate, moving and necessary new play. Wrenching, brilliant and shattering. This fearless play tackles conundrums with a combination of intelligence, balance and accessibility that few writers of Harmon’s generation could pull off.” – New York Stage Review
“Breathtaking. Harmon remarkably explores a century in the life of one Jewish family while folding in 1,000 years of Jewish history.” – New York Theatre Guide
"A Tour-de-Force" | Prayer for the French Republic
Manhattan Theatre Club Production of Prayer for the French Republic
Image: 2024 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Joshua Harmon's plays include Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions, Skintight, and Prayer for the French Republic. He and Sarah Silverman co-wrote the libretto for The Bedwetter based on her memoir. His plays have been produced on Broadway and the West End; off-Broadway at ...
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