Created by the Northwoods Company
based on the story by Bernard Malamud
directed by Annie Levy Northwoods Theater, Conover, Wisconsin
at Theater Three
311 W. 43rd St., 3rd Floor
In this modern fable originally penned by Malamud, an unexpected visitor flies through the fifth floor Lower East Side apartment window of Harry and Edie Cohen and their young son Maurie. The small, scrawny bird plops down on the kitchen table in the middle of dinner, and begins to speak. What follows exposes the family’s uneasy tension between Jewish identity, past and present.
Company bio: Northwoods Theatre Company is an ensemble group dedicated to creating and developing new work relevant to the Jewish experience of all ages. By treating source texts as it would sacred texts and working them into the script, Northwoods Theatre Company aims to make the connection between the story and Jewish teachings more apparent and accessible.
