Kosher Lutherans

Full Length Play, Comedy / 2m, 3f

"Kosher Lutherans is quite sharp and surprisingly funny" – Toronto Mirror
“A delightful comedy with message and heart.” – Louisville Courier Journal

Cast Size
2m, 3f
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours)
Accolades
Not Applicable
Suggested Use
- Monologues
- Scene work
- Competition or audition material
Target Audience
- Adult
- Senior
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Additional Info

Kosher Lutherans centers on Hanna and Franklyn, the seemingly perfect couple who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are unable to do so. As the couple begins to wonder if they'll ever become parents, they have a chance encounter with a God-fearing pregnant girl from Iowa who offers to let the couple adopt her out-of-wedlock baby.

Just before the adoption papers are signed, Hanna and Franklyn discover the girl is unaware that they are Jewish. Knowing the revelation could throw a ratchet into the whole works, the couple poses as Lutherans to appeal to the girl's apparent Midwestern sensibilities. But how far are they willing to go to have a family?

Reviews

"Kosher Lutherans is quite sharp and surprisingly funny" – Toronto Mirror

“A delightful comedy with message and heart.” – Louisville Courier Journal

Keywords

Jewish/Yiddish issues, Love, Marriage, Parenting/Family

Considerations

Performing Groups

High School/Secondary
College Theatre / Student
Community Theatre
Dinner Theatre
Professional Theatre
Shoestring Budget
Church / Religious Groups

Cautions

No Special Cautions

License details

Minimum Fee: $90 per performance

Production

Details

Time Period: Contemporary
Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
Setting: Van Nuys, California. Franklyn & Hannah’s Living Room - Behind, A Dining Room Table. The events of the play take place as follows: Act One - Purim, Act Two, Scene One - The First Night of Hanukah, Act Two, Scene Two – A Month Later.
Additional Features: Not Applicable
Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes

Music

Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)

Casting

2m, 3f

FRANKLYN - late 30s; A Perfect Husband.
HANNAH - late 30s; A Perfect Wife.
BEN - late 30s; An Imperfect Husband.
MARTHA - late 30s; An Imperfect Wife.
ALISON - An eighteen-year-old girl from Iowa.

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Cast Attributes

Ensemble cast
Roles for Teens

Resources

Scripts

Authors

William Missouri Downs

www.williammissouridowns.com/ William Missouri Downs has won two Rolling Premieres from the National New Play Network (The Exit Interview and Women Playing Hamlet). He has also won numerous playwriting awards, twice been a finalist at the ...

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Kosher Lutherans

Kosher Lutherans