Joshua Harmon's new play just got promoted upstairs!
Roundabout moved the bitingly funny play from the black-box theater downstairs to the
Laura Pels stage for a run during their 2013-2014 subscription.

The play centers around 3 cousins gathering in NYC on Riverside Drive the during the funeral and Shiva period after their grandfather's (Papi's) death. Central to the evening's controversy is uber-Jew, Daphna (aka Diana) Feygenbaum, (
Tracee Chimo) who seemingly thrives on divisiveness and contentiousness ("We're not arguing, we're talking" she explains at one point). She clearly dominates her introverted cousin, Jonah Haber (
Phillip Ettinger), and clashes head-on with her nemesis and other cousin (and brother of Jonah), Liam (aka Shlomo) Haber (
Michael Zegen).
Molly Ranson plays the mousy girlfriend, (Melody) of Liam who unwittingly ends up being the reason for much of the angst-ridden family debate and vitriol.
It's a cauldron of Jewish issues of cultural assimilation, religious beliefs (and the ones chosen to be ignored), and most of all, family. Everyone, Jewish or not, can find a nugget of family in this play despite the specifics of this plot. By the end of the 1:35 minute run you'll be exhausted yet relieved at the same time. You can only take so much family time at once, after all.