Job's Passion, by Israeli Playwright, Begins Nov. 9
By: BWW News Desk
Director David Willinger will stage a new production of Job's Passion, the controversial work by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin with original music by Ithai Benjamin.
Performances will be at The Theater for the New City beginning November 9th for a run through December 3rd.The play is, "A re-working of the Job story from the Bible. It brings the well-known Old Testament tale and combines it with the New Testament story of Jesus. While the biblical Job gets left on a dung-hill, this Job is impaled on a spit by Roman soldiers in a distortion of a crucifix."The story follows, "Job, who starts off enjoying good health, a large, happy family and many successful business ventures, quickly gets knocked off his perch. A series of ever worsening bad news leaves him entirely divested of prosperity and family, no better than the many beggars who come scavenging bits and scraps from his table. As he gets assailed by plagues, his faith in God is challenged."Videos