About the Play

After the hit world premiere production of The World to Come, Theater J presents a staged reading of playwright Ali Viterbi’s new play, Linguicide. In 1984, a mother goes door to door campaigning for her 22-year-old son. In 1870, a newlywed couple creates a radical newspaper. In 1939, a young politician proposes to his illicit lover on the brink of war. And in 2055, a student and teacher meet atop all their graves. Linguicide is a love letter to the dying language of Ladino, the families who spoke it, and the worlds they built. It asks: how can a language die? And when it does, what happens to the identity it shaped?

Schedule

5:30 PM – Cocktail Reception & Artist Conversation
7:30 PM – Staged Reading