Timely and deeply resonant, The Sign turns a tense confrontation into a compelling exploration of listening, bias, and the possibility of repair. Zaffarano’s sharp dialogue and clear stakes make this short play both urgent and hopeful.

Jewish Plays Project would like to acknowledge that THE SIGN received Commended status for our first Ten Minute Play Contest OOF: On One Foot, which searched nationally for plays from artists of all backgrounds responding to our prompt on healing & repair. Our Artist Panel readers appreciated the craft, style, and creativity, as well as how it theatrically expressed the first annual contest theme of healing & repair.

Bravo on behalf of Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective who produced this piece as part of their "369 Monologue and Short Play Festival" in April 2023. It was truly an audience favorite. As represented by Rene, once a teacher always a teacher. Petey gets a a proper higher education when he tries to tell his former high school teacher, a Black woman, how the Black Lives Matter movement is ruining his neighborhood.