Camp David

From the Texas playwright of the world premiere Alley hit Cleo. Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas and The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, offers a behind-the-scenes look at a historical moment whose legacy continues to resonate 41 years later. In the tumultuous 1970s, Middle East peace seemed nearly as impossible as it does today. Yet during 13 days in 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, with the powerful help of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, hammered out an agreement that inspired the entire world. Wright’s play delivers a tremendously human look at both the hope and the cost of that historic moment.

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What the critics are saying: 
"Absorbing! Camp David makes history live … maintains a steady sense of suspense and momentum."  – The San Diego Union-Tribune 
“it’s not just reciting history or framing the debate; it’s also showing us how to understand why intractable adversaries might have lowered their guards, gazed at their bitterest enemy and begun to conceive of a way forward.” – Washington Post

Special thanks to Rabbi Oren J. Hayon, Reverend Laura Mayo, Nafisa Munshi, Rabbi Baruch Stein of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, Emil Stern, and Shmuel & Rivke Wurtzburger.