Oct 7 and the war that followed. Multi-voices from “both sides” plea for peace building as the only path.

‘a MUST SEE SHOW’ from Ruth Bennett, an Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviewer “You should absolutely, positively, without a doubt make every effort to go see Picking Up Stones. Challenge yourself and your friends to watch and listen with an open mind. It is one of the most searing, affecting, and important things you will see this year at Fringe, or beyond.”
An unflinching, 80-minute one-woman play, in which playwright-actress Sandra Laub portrays 21 individuals—historical and contemporary—who are woven into a tense, cross-generational dialogue. A powerful cris de coeur, the performance reveals the raw complexity and pain at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By braiding these 21 voices with her own harrowing personal journey through the shadow of the October 7 attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, Sandra searches for the human thread that might still lead toward peace. A talkback follows each performance.

Picking up Stones: An American Jew Wakes up to a Nightmare will be playing at The American Theatre For Actors, inside the Beckman and Sargent Theatres, as a part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival from June 26th- July 4th.