Doctors Jane and Alexander
Written and directed by Edward Einhorn
ORIGINALLY PERFORMED:
January 24 - February 15 2020
At HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave
A new play about the playwright’s grandfather, Alexander S. Wiener, who discovered the Rh Factor in Blood. Told through the lens of interviews between the playwright and his mother, Jane Einhorn, a PhD psychologist and visual artist who had recently experienced a stroke at the time of the interviews. The play uses a mixture of verbatim/found text and invented dialogue to examine Wiener’s legacy, both scientific and familial. How does it change your life to have a world famous father…or grandfather? How does that legacy continue through the generations?
With: Craig Anderson, Len Rella*, Yvonne Roen*, Alyssa Simon*, Max Wolkowitz*, Ann Marie Yoo, and Maxwell Zener*
Music/Lyrics by Alexander S. Wiener, arranged by Henry Akona and Richard Philbin
Choreographer: Patrice Miller
Set Designer: Mike Mroch
Costume Designer: Ramona Ponce
Lighting Designer : Federico Restrepo
Music Director: Richard Philbin
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson
Production Assistants: Lyndsay Brianne, Jessica Campbell, Lauren Jiang, Ellis Stump
Graphic Design (image above): Clinton Corbett
*Indicates member of Actor's Equity Association
Developed with Ensemble Studio Theater, as part of a Sloane Grant for work with a scientific theme.
INFORMATION ON THE WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
Part of the Festival of Jewish Theater and Ideas
At Theater Three, New York City
May through June, 2009
With: Timothy Babcock*, Peter Bean*, Talaura Harms*, Jason Liebman*, Josh Mertz, Phoebe Silva*, Alyssa Simon*, and Mawell Zener* on May 23
PRODUCTION TEAM
Costumes: Carla Gant
Lights: Jeff Nash
Stage Manager: Miriam Hyfler
Graphic Design by Clinton Corbett
Reviews
"A wonderful evening...The acting here, particularly Max Wolkowitz and Alyssa Simon, is fantastic...an ode to the people in all families. And an exploration of the rich lives we may not see, even when they are right in front of us."
— Scott Mitchell,
Reviews Off Broadway
"A deeply intimate journey...a strong cast, housed in a perfectly executed set...[Max Walkowitz] magnificently captured the torment of sibling rivalry, the anguish of the artist, the joviality of the faithful son and the mannerisms of the real life person he embodies on stage. "
— Jacquelyn Claire,
Stage Biz
"Edward Einhorn’s playful play takes on a lot: his scientist grandfather, his aging mother and his own doubts about putting their lives onstage...[Simon] nails Jane Einhorn's dry humor..."Wolkowitz, at home with the text, is a believable ventriloquist of the self-doubting playwright."