Marshall Botvinick is a playwright, dramaturg, and theater educator based in North Carolina. His plays have been developed at Playhouse on the Square, Theatre Ariel, Jewish Plays Project, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Palm Beach Dramaworks, South Carolina Repertory Company, ATHE New Play Development Workshop, and the Mid-America Theater Conference.
14th cycle
YEAR: 2025

The Missionaries
Marshall Botvinick
A play about two Christian missionaries who disguise themselves as Hasidim only to discover that sometimes the people you came to convert change you.
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CITY: Durham, NC
CAST:3W, 2M
"Unbelievable story. Totally true. Beautifully written. "
- Artistic Director David Winitsky
A play about two Christian missionaries who disguise themselves as Hasidim only to discover that sometimes the people you came to convert change you.
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