MATCH

by Jennifer Maisel

Leo has a wife and needs a kidney. Ben needs a kidney and is desperate for human connection. Maddy believes giving her kidney away will redeem her. Leyla longs to live her life and thinks that means she may have to leave Leo behind. Moss deals in flesh, seeking the highest bidder.

As we go deeper into the play we come to wonder about Maddy and her motivations as she becomes more and more entrenched...

Leo has a wife and needs a kidney. Ben needs a kidney and is desperate for human connection. Maddy believes giving her kidney away will redeem her. Leyla longs to live her life and thinks that means she may have to leave Leo behind. Moss deals in flesh, seeking the highest bidder.

As we go deeper into the play we come to wonder about Maddy and her motivations as she becomes more and more entrenched in Leo, Leyla and Ben’s psyches. Who is this woman who has the power to change their lives?

Is there any such thing as a gift with no strings attached?

What if it meant every thing you owned, but you get to keep your life?

A journey into the underbelly of bartering for your organs…and perhaps for your soul.

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  • Jewish Plays Project: MATCH

    Jen takes us to where the rubber meets the road for faith. Do you get to live or do you have to die? What do you leave and what do you take? BIG questions. Plus cake.

    Jen takes us to where the rubber meets the road for faith. Do you get to live or do you have to die? What do you leave and what do you take? BIG questions. Plus cake.

  • Cheryl Bear: MATCH

    A powerful dive into our life's purpose through our bodies, our soul and our connection to each other. Excellent.

    A powerful dive into our life's purpose through our bodies, our soul and our connection to each other. Excellent.

  • Lisa Kenner Grissom: MATCH

    Match is a play that keep you thinking long after you leave the theatre. What is it like to walk in the shoes of someone with a failing kidney? What motivates someone to become a donor? These are a few of the questions that Maisel poses in her inventive dramedy about what it means to give and receive when lives hang in the balance. Maisel's vivid characters and comedic surprises kept me engaged at avery turn.

    Match is a play that keep you thinking long after you leave the theatre. What is it like to walk in the shoes of someone with a failing kidney? What motivates someone to become a donor? These are a few of the questions that Maisel poses in her inventive dramedy about what it means to give and receive when lives hang in the balance. Maisel's vivid characters and comedic surprises kept me engaged at avery turn.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Ensemble Studio Theatre - LA Project , Year 2017
  • Type Workshop, Organization Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Year 2015
  • Type Workshop, Organization University of the Arts - New Play Festival, Year 2013
  • Type Workshop, Organization Great Plains Theatre Conference, Year 2012

Awards

  • Jewish Plays Project 2016 Jewish Playwriting Contest Top 10 finalist
    Jewish Plays Project
    Finalist
    2016