A Regional Premiere.
Celebrated playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Admissions) pens a darkly funny exploration of history, identity and survival. Since the 1970s, the Solomon Benhamou family has worked hard to make Paris into a wonderful home. But when their son comes home beaten because he was wearing a yarmulke, they are forced to question their safety and sense of belonging in the country they love. Winner of the 2022 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, this powerful play explores a century in the life of one Jewish family while folding in 1,000 years of Jewish history.
Please note that all evening performances of Prayer for the French Republic have been updated to start at 7:00pm. Additional Saturday matinees starting at 1:00pm have been added. Wednesday evening performances have been replaced with Tuesday evening performances.
“Prayer for the French Republic” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Roz & Charles Stuzin
Funding Arts Network
With Support from our Jewish Philanthropy Initiative:
Marc & Robyn Abrams, David & Jan Ichel, Zelda Kloner’s Gift Fund, Richard & Susan Lampen, Lynn & Linda Newport, Aaron & Dorothy Podhurst, Adele & Joel Sandberg, Debbie & Dr. Michael Troner
Carolynn & Michael Friedman, Jill & Hal Gaffin, Dr. Susan Jay, Marian & David Rocker, Stanley & Barbara Schwartz, Sharon & Howard Socol
GableStage Theatre Company at The Wolfson Family Theatre
1200 Anastasia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Award-winning dramas! Acclaimed premieres! The 27th season will delight, surprise, and inspire.
Don Bearden (Pierre Salomon) is thrilled to be making his GableStage debut. A long-ago graduate of the Professional Actors’ Training Program at the University of Washington, Don has recently moved up to South Florida from Key West where he still returns from time to perform. His latest was for the Fringe Theatre of Key West playing Oscar Levant in Good Night, Oscar. Don appeared in two musicals at the Foundry in Wilton Manors: A Shonda and The Sound of Music , the latter of which was performed outdoors. Since his arrival to the area, he has performed with the West Boca Theatre Company (Sunshine Boys and Over the River and Through the Woods) PPTOPA (12 Angry Men) Curtain Call Theatre (The Cemetery Club) and Barclay (La Cage Aux Folles).
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Patti (Irma Salomon) is thrilled to be a part of this beautiful and timely production. Last season Patti performed in The Last Yiddish Speaker (Theatre Lab), A Delicate Balance (Island City Stage). Previous performances at GableStage include last season’s Summer, 1976, The Price, The Guys, Defiance, Sons of the Prophet, Casa Valentina, If I Forget and Ordinary Americans. Patti has been performing in South Florida for over thirty years from Miami to West Palm Beach. She has toured nationally for seventeen years with Menopause the Musical and is a Carbonell, Silver Palm, and New Times Best award recipient for her work.
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Irina Kaplan (Elodie Benhamou) was raised in Miami, and is delighted to come home and get to work on the breathtaking Prayer for the French Republic with the inimitable GableStage. Most recently, Irina wrapped her first feature, Into The Sky, playing a sassy receptionist opposite Sam Richardson. Her last short film, “Double Happiness”, was named a 2025 Jewish Film Institute Grant Recipient, and will make its Florida premier at Boca Film Festival. Other favorite regional theatre credits include California Suite at Winnipesaukee Playhouse and As You Like It at Scranton Shakespeare. Irina graduated with a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School. Irina is also a proud graduate of Beth Am Day School and Ransom Everglades 🙂
Michael (Patrick Salomon) is pleased to return to GableStage where he last appeared in The Price. South Florida performances include: Actors Playhouse (Proof and Murder on the Orient Express), Palm Beach Dramaworks (Sweeney Todd), MNM’s Man of La Mancha, Theater Lab (We Will Not Be Silent), Caldwell Theater (Dangerous, Déjà Vu). Broadway – Waiting in the Wings, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Eastern
Standard. Off Broadway – Kari Floren’s If Wishes Were Horses, A Late Supper, Voices of Swords. Tour – two seasons with John Houseman’s The Acting Company. Extensive Regional Theatre, including: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore CenterStage, Denver Center, Pittsburgh Public, Salt Lake’s Pioneer Theatre, Arkansas Rep, many others. TV/Film- “Law & Order”, “House of Cards”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Younger”, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, “Blacklist”, “Gypsy”, “All My Children”, and numerous episodes of “Babylon 5”. www.MichaelMcKenzie.net
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Holden Raleigh Arco Peck (young Pierre Salomon) is thrilled to make his professional debut in Prayer for the French Republic at GableStage. An accomplished self-taught pianist who credits his musical ear to his grandfather and learned his first chords from his grandmother at five years old, Holden also enjoys playing percussion and trombone in his school band. He recently served as Assistant to the Music Director in Hadestown: Teen Edition. On stage, Holden has played roles such as “George” in Mary Poppins, “the Beast” in Beauty and the Beast, and “Dewey” in Legally Blonde. Holden is in 8th grade at the Benjamin School where he enjoys competing with the drone team, drum line, and running cross country. He is grateful to Bari for this incredible opportunity, and thanks his supportive cast, family, and music teacher, Mr. Miller for their encouragement, and his sister and parents for their inspiration always.
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Jason (Lucien Salomon) is excited to return to GableStage. He is Co-Artistic Director of Thrown Stone, a Connecticut company dedicated to new work. Notable credits: subUrbia (Actor’s Gang Theatre), Looking for Normal (Mark Taper Forum), Birds of North America (Thrown Stone), Perfect Mendacity (Asolo Rep), A Perfect Wedding (Kirk Douglas Theatre), We Will Not Be Silent (GableStage), All My Sons (New City Players), Van Gogh (Mint Theatre, Off-Broadway), Far Away (Odyssey Theatre), The Underpants (Florida Rep), and What’s Best for the Children? (TheatreLab). MFA: FSU/Asolo Conservatory; BFA: University of Southern California. Jason is Theatre Director at The Benjamin School. Alana, Ilia, and Holden, love you! www.jasonapeck.com
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Elizabeth (Marcelle Salomon Benhamou) is an actor, director, writer, and producer based in South Florida. She has her MFA in Acting from Florida Atlantic University and has received Silver Palm Awards, a Big Easy Award, and Carbonell Award nominations for her acting and directing. Recent roles: Heidi Schreck in What the Constitution Means to Me (City Theatre), Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (New City Players), Harriet in POTUS (Zoetic), Annie Wilkes in Misery (Empire Stage), President of the Disney Nation in G7: 2070, Sophie in Step by Step (Actors’ Playhouse), Two in What’s Best for the Children (Theatre Lab). Elizabeth is soon to release a mini web series she wrote, produced, and starred in called “Mackerel: The Midlife Alien”.
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Casey Sacco (Molly )is so excited to be back at GableStage! She was last seen here as Jessica in Hand to God back in 2017. Over the past 10 years, she’s had the joy of working throughout South Florida Theater. Some credits include: South Pacific (LPAC); The Humans (Palm Beach Dramaworks); A Streetcar Named Desire, Little Montgomery, The Last Christmas (NCP); Cabaret (Zoetic Stage); Heebie Jeebies (Theatre Lab); Red Speedo, One More Yesterday (Plays of Wilton); Zanna, Dont! (Island City Stage); Sister Act (MNM Theatre Co.); A Wonderful World (Miami New Drama); Twelfth Night (Palm Beach Shakespeare), Titanic, Tarzan, Shrek, Matilda, The Little Mermaid (Slow Burn Theatre Co.); Curtains (The Wick). BFA grad from New World School of the Arts. She is a proud ensemble member of New City Players. Love to Friends, Fam, and TMD. caseysacco.com
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BRUCE SABATH (Adolphe Salomon) GableStage debut! New York: Larry in Company (Tony® Award – Best Revival), Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (Drama Desk Award – Best Revival), Cagney, Hello Again (Drama Desk nomination – Best Revival), The Gig, Platinum, Jerusalem Syndrome. Bruce’s MAC Award-nominated solo show Searching for Tevye has played to sold-out houses in New York and regional venues. Florida appearances include the Wick Theatre (Fiddler on the Roof – Tevye – Carbonell Award), Asolo Rep, Florida Rep and Florida Studio Theatre. Additional regional highlights: Bucks County Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Flatrock Playhouse, Geva Theatre, The Old Globe, Stages St. Louis (Fiddler in the Roof – Tevye – BroadwayWorld Award). TV: “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “Madam Secretary,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Mrs. Maisel,” “Ramy” and “Limitless”. Graduate of Harvard, Wharton and The William Esper Studio. Thanks to Karen, Michael, Jeremy, Kat, Margot and Junie, for dreaming with me. www.BruceSabath.com, @bsabath on Instagram.
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Jeremy Sevelovitz (Daniel Benhamou) is ecstatic to be making his GableStage debut!! A native New Yorker, Miami transplant, and graduate of the Hartt School of Music (Hartford, CT); Theatrical credits include: Beau: The Musical (Off-Broadway/Adirondack Theater Festival), Chasing The Song (La Jolla),
Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed), Comedy of Tenors (Florida Rep), Escape To Margaritaville (Actor’s Playhouse), Woody Guthrie’s American Song (Penobscot Theater Co.), as well as over 20 regional productions of Million Dollar Quartet. TV/ Film credits include: “Beau: The Musical” (TBD Productions) & “Billions” (Showtime). As a multi-instrumentalist, he has played with several different groups, spanning many genres from pop to rock to blues and country. He also released a collection of original music in 2014, entitled “Devils & Kings”. In 2018, he helped found and launch Tundra Productions, crafting tribute concerts and shows across the country. Thanks to his team at Avalon Artists Group, his family and his wife, Sofia, for their continued love and support! TT! // Instagram: @jeremy.sevelovitz // www.jeremysevelovitz.com
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Stephen Trovillion (Charles Benhamou) is delighted to make his debut with GableStage. On Broadway, he appeared in THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. In Chicago, he was nominated for the Best Actor Joseph Jefferson Award for EASTERN STANDARD. In Florida, he has appeared in THE LITTLE FOXES at Island City Stage, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, DANGEROUS DAYS at Miami New Drama, THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Palm Beach Dramaworks, AMERICAN RHAPSODY at Zoetic Stage (Carbonell nomination), NOW AND THEN at Actors Playhouse, THE CLEARING at Florida Stage and 16 seasons of City Theater’s SUMMER SHORTS (2 Carbonell nominations). On-camera work includes episodic and syndicated television as well as numerous commercials. He was the head of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
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