First Look: The Arc: A Trilogy of New Jewish Plays at Soho Theatre in Rehearsal

First-look rehearsal images have been released for The Arc: A Trilogy of New Jewish Plays, opening at Soho Theatre next week.

Following their sold-out run of A Night of New Jewish Writing at the Kiln Theatre in 2022, Emanate Productions are back with a world premiere of new short plays by three of the UK’s leading Jewish playwrights, exploring life’s great moments of birth, marriage, and death through a distinctly Jewish lens.

Caroline Gruber, Nigel Planer, Dorothea Myer-Bennett

The show stars Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, BBC; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Original West End Cast; Wicked, Original West End Cast), Caroline Gruber (Disobedience, Braven Films; Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre; The Narcissist, Chichester Festival Theatre), Dorothea Myer-Bennett (Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre; Possession, Arcola Theatre; Holy Sh*t, Kiln Theatre), Sam Thorpe-Spinks (A Spy Among Friends, Sony; Sexy Beast, Paramount +; Something in the Air, Jermyn Street Theatre), Abigail Weinstock (Love and Other Acts of Violence, Donmar Warehouse; Surfacing, Apple TV; Marengo, Apple TV), Adrian Schiller (The Danish Girl, Pretty Pictures; The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s Globe; The Crucible, Old Vic), and Dan Wolff (We Were The Lucky Ones, Hulu/20th Century Studios; Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre; Habeas Corpus, Menier Chocolate Factory).

Abigail Weinstock, Dan Wolff, Adrian Schiller

The three plays – Birth, Marriage, and Death – are written by Amy Rosenthal, Alexis Zegerman, and Ryan Craig, respectively. The show is produced by the company’s Co-Artistic Directors, 2021 Guildhall Acting graduates Sam Thorpe-Spinks and Dan Wolff, and Associate Producer Tanya Truman (Pickle, Soho Theatre, Park Theatre; Fury and Elysium, The Other Palace). Kayla Feldman (Pickle, Soho Theatre, Park
Theatre; Right Dishonourable Friend, Vault Festival) will be directing.