Staged Reading: I Know of Plagues
Date : Saturday, June 6, 2026
Duration : 2 hours 30 minutes
7:30 pm June 6, 2026
I Know of Plagues
by Kendell Pinkney
Directed by Reginald L. Douglas
Run Time: 2 hours 30min incl. a 10min intermission
About the Play
The Shapiro-Rosenblatt-Cunningham clan has gathered in White Plains, New York to do what it does every Passover: commemorate, sanctify, dispute, remember, rehearse, indict, celebrate and “passively regress” the ancient feast of Jewish liberation. When estranged daughter Skye returns home with an unexpected guest and a pet-project in tow, everyone is forced to confront long simmering grievances and repressed truths that threaten to wreck the holiday, and maybe the family, for good.I Know of Plagues excavates the unique ways that only family can fracture when race, politics, religion, and generational grudges can no longer be kept at bay.
Schedule
6:00 PM – Cocktail Reception & Artist Conversation
7:30 PM – Staged Reading
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