Mishpocha
Genre: Comedy adventure
Keywords: Bible story, fun slapstick comedy balancing serious themes, family-friendly, coming-of-age, family and belonging
Cast Size: 12 actors (5F / 7M, doubling) → up to 20 (5F / 7M / 8 Any)
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
Time Period: 900 BC Judea
Cautions: God's and Christ's names are used casually/as exclamations (some may consider this taking the Lord's name in vain); story departs from the Old Testament account.
Fourteen-year-old Jotham has always wanted a real family, especially a dad and a big brother to look up to. When he learns his father is the legendary war hero Gideon, his wish comes true, sort of. Turns out Gideon left behind seventy sons, and the oldest one wants the whole family fortune to himself, brothers be damned. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Jotham hits the road, one determined brother on his heels, and runs into a legendary strongman, a wisecracking angel, and his first crush along the way. Fast-paced, irreverent, and full of modern comedic wit, Mishpocha (Yiddish for "family") proves that you can't choose your relatives, but you can always choose your tribe.
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