Sacrilegious

Sacrilegious description

On the holiest day of the year, an idealistic young rabbi does the one thing nobody saw coming: he challenges the billionaire president of his congregation and questions a multi-million-dollar donation, igniting a battle for the hearts and minds of the entire community. What follows is a razor-sharp contest between principle and power, in which reputations unravel, loyalties are tested, and the congregation must decide whether morality can survive when there is $30 million on the table.

Sacrilegious is a world premiere and the second production of the Mainstage Season 26/27 at Riverside Studios. It is the first original stage play by Tom Schulman, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dead Poets Society, whose film credits also include What About Bob? and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and who previously adapted Dead Poets Society for the stage. It is directed by Andy Sandberg, a Tony Award-winning producer and director and Artistic Director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat. Casting is to be announced.

Playing at Riverside Studios (venue info)