After a sold-out one-night-only performance in 2026, Producing Artistic Director Jesse Bernstein brings his acclaimed solo show back for a fully-realized production! 

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In ancient Jerusalem, a scribe is suddenly tasked with the most serious writing assignment ever: codifying a thousand years of his people’s laws and stories into one coherent book. Under the watchful eye of Ezra and Nehemiah, he navigates differing political agendas, contradictory religious laws, and his own longing for the good-old-days of exile as he tries to complete the work by the deadline. Join the irreverent scribe in this humorous, thoughtful, and moving exploration into the origins of one of the most enduring, confusing, and misunderstood works in human history. It’s the story of how “in the beginning” really came to be…