The Finish Line - Right Hand, Left Hand by Jonah Gercke
Join us for our annual new play reading series The Finish Line: A Bill and Judy Garrett Commission. This multi-day event includes a reception, staged readings, and talk-backs that are all free to the public. In partnership with the UCSD MFA Playwriting Program, the commission supports Cygnet’s commitment to new theatrical works, written by groundbreaking local playwrights as well as nationally recognized playwrights.
Right Hand, Left Hand is a play that takes place over the course of a hot summer weekend in the Brooklyn neighborhood of BedStuy, where nonbinary journalist David sweats it out between the chaotic confines of an Israeli-owned juice bar and their illegal basement apartment. Caught between the cultural tensions that flare between their Israeli bosses (one of whom they might be seeing on the side) and their Palestinian friends getting married on the other end of town, David has to confront the inherent contradictions of life in the middle of a century-old conflict as the sweltering New York City heat drives everyone a little crazy.
Cost
Free
