Birthright

In this ambitious and timely exploration of American, which spans 18 years in three acts, Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day) depicts the evolving opinions, relationships and fracture points within a group of six friends who have visited Israel together in 2006. Teddy Bergman directs the New York premiere, which stars Hale Appleman, Molly Bernard, Eli Gelb, Nate Mann, Molly Ranson and Zoë Winters as the sextet, plus Liz Larsen as a mother.