Becoming Eve
Closing: April 27, 2025Becoming Eve - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Harry De Jur Playhouse / Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St New York, NY 10002
A week before the High Holidays, three rabbis find themselves in a room fighting to save a family by building a bridge between orthodoxy and modernity. One of these rabbis is Chava, the child of a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family and destined to become a leader of the next generation before the revelation of her trans identity clashed explosively with the strictly gendered world in which she was raised. As we jump through memory—and wrestle with theology—truths and secrets emerge that ensure no one will read the old stories the same way again.
Based on the critically acclaimed memoir by Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve is a remarkable playwriting debut from Emil Weinstein with direction by Tyne Rafaeli and puppetry by Amanda Villalobos. Tommy Dorfman (Romeo + Juliet, “13 Reasons Why”) will star as Chava.
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'Becoming Eve' Off-Broadway review — Tommy Dorfman shines in drama about history, faith, and selfhood
7 / 10
Dorfman haunts these scenes while a puppet takes the place of a young, not-yet-self-actualized Abby. You can see Dorfman, often standing behind the puppet (operated by Justin Perkins and Emma Wiseman), take on the same anxiousness of the old Abby, whose soul is not yet matched with her body, fist clenched with a mix of anguish and determination. As the characters remind us, this bothness is intrinsic to the mysteries of life. If the show, at its best, is about someone in the present trying to make sense of their past to a parent, Dorfman seldom squanders her time.
‘Becoming Eve’ Off Broadway Review: God Herself Would Have to Applaud Richard Schiff
8 / 10
“Becoming Eve” happens to be a very funny play, some of the best moments coming in the cultural mashup between Schiff’s Hasidic rabbi and Uranowitz’s “transdenominational Renewal” rabbi, whom the father at one point calls Judas. The timing between these two great actors is vintage vaudeville.
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Video: Tommy Dorfman Unpacks the Poetic and Poignant BECOMING EVE
by Joey Mervis - April 17, 2025
by Joey Mervis - April 17, 2025
It's been just weeks since Tommy Dorfman concluded her Broadway debut run in Romeo + Juliet, and in no time at all, she's back onstage, off-Broadway this time. Dorman is playing 'Chava' in Emil Weinstein's Becoming Eve. Watch in this video as Tommy chats more about her new role and why she can't get enough of live theater.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of BECOMING EVE at NYTW
by Nicole Rosky - April 9, 2025
by Nicole Rosky - April 9, 2025
New York Theatre Workshop just celebrated opening night of Becoming Eve, written by Emil Weinstein, based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein, and directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Check out photos here!
Photos: Tommy Dorfman, Brandon Uranowitz & More in BECOMING EVE
by Nicole Rosky - April 8, 2025
by Nicole Rosky - April 8, 2025
New York Theatre Workshop just celebrated opening night of Becoming Eve, written by Emil Weinstein, based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein, and directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Check out photos here!
Review Roundup: BECOMING EVE Opens at NYTW
by Nicole Rosky - April 8, 2025
by Nicole Rosky - April 8, 2025
Tommy Dorfman stars as “Chava” in Becoming Eve at New York Theatre Workshop, the fourth production of its 2024/25 Season. Written by Emil Weinstein, based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein, and directed by Tyne Rafaeli, Becoming Eve will run for a limited run through April 27, 2025. Let's see what the New York theatre critics are saying about the new play...
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Becoming Eve - 2025 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Tyne Rafaeli |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppetry | Amanda Villalobos |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE | Tommy Dorfman |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY | Tyne Rafaeli |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Award (new American play preferably by a new playwright) | Emil Weinstein |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Richard Schiff |
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