Los Angeles Times

All’s unfair in love and identity politics in Echo Theater Company’s ‘One Jewish Boy’

Before “One Jewish Boy,” a play by Stephen Laughton, even had its premiere in London in 2018, the playwright and the play were besieged by antisemitic trolling and threats. Jesse, the play’s Jewish ...
The Washington Post

British play about antisemitism takes a personal, poignant approach

So close. So far apart. A chasm threatens to open up between two lovers of different backgrounds in “One Jewish Boy,” making its U.S. premiere in a polished Theater J production. Stephen Laughton’s ...
Metro Weekly

Meet the “Nice Jewish Boys” of the NJB Pageant

NJB Pageant 2023 contestants, Clockwise from top left – Avi Alpert, Joey Fink, Micah Feinstein, Michael Greenberg “When I attended the pageant for the first time last year,” says Joey Fink, “I was ...
Washington City Paper

One Jewish Boy Explores 21st-Century Antisemitism Through a Breakup

Jesse (Danny Gavigan) and Alex (Alanna Saunders) star in One Jewish Boy at Theater J through July 2; courtesy of Theater J The Holocaust looms large in popular memory and popular culture. In theater, ...
Metro Weekly

‘One Jewish Boy’ Review: Mixed Messages

We meet married couple Jesse and Alex teetering on the precipice of the end in Stephen Laughton’s impassioned, London-set drama One Jewish Boy (★★☆☆☆), making its U.S. premiere at Theater J. Jogging ...