Spotlight: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at New Jewish Theatre
NJT Presents the St. Louis Premiere of Prayer for the French Republic!
You're invited to NJT for the St. Louis premiere of the recent Broadway hit, Prayer for the French Republic. This Tony-nominated play will be directed by NJT Artistic Director Rebekah Scallet, whose 2025 production of Cabaret was nominated for 13 Theater Circle Awards - the most of any other production in the St. Louis area!
In 1944, a Jewish couple in Paris desperately await news of their missing family. More than 70 years later, the couple’s great-grandchildren find themselves facing the same question as their ancestors: “Are we safe?”
Following five generations of a French-Jewish family, Prayer for the French Republic is a sweeping look at history, home and the effects of an ancient hatred.
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