The Breman Presents Staged Reading of ‘The World to Come’
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The Breman Presents Staged Reading of ‘The World to Come’

The performance is set for July 30.

By Compiled by AJT staff July 10, 2026, 10:43 am Edit
The Breman will present Atlanta playwright Ali Viterbi’s "The World to Come," the final in a series of staged readings at the Jewish museum and cultural center in Midtown, on Thursday, July 30 // Photo Credit: Cameron Whitman/Courtesy of Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theater J
The Breman will present Atlanta playwright Ali Viterbi’s "The World to Come," the final in a series of staged readings at the Jewish museum and cultural center in Midtown, on Thursday, July 30 // Photo Credit: Cameron Whitman/Courtesy of Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theater J

The Breman will present Atlanta playwright Ali Viterbi’s “The World to Come,” the final in a series of staged readings at the Jewish museum and cultural center in Midtown, on Thursday, July 30.

A coming-of-age story set in a nursing home, the play received its world premiere in a co-production by Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theater J in February 2026. It poses the topical questions: How do we, as a society, care for our elders? And can you still come of age at the end of your life?

DC Theater Arts called “The World to Come,” “a knockout encounter with the end of days,” adding that the play “starts as a comedy, and the lighthearted approach to laugh at things becomes a gripping look at last things.” MD Theatre Guide’s review termed it “a chilling horror story, a passionate love story, and a profound meditation on the depth of humanity needed to survive.”

Atlanta playwright Ali Viterbi

In the show, characters Fanny, Barbara, Ruth, and Hal gather for their Supper Club meeting every night at the SeaBreeze Hebrew Home for the Aging. Over Scrabble and Charades, the Supper Club crew competes, fights, falls in love and breaks each other’s hearts. But as the world crumbles around them, they are forced to contend with questions of aging, legacy and survival.

“I was raised in a multigenerational home,” playwright Viterbi has explained. “I grew up being interrupted by my grandparents in Italian and Yiddish at the dinner table. It instilled in me this belief that caring for our elderly and telling their stories was part of my life’s mission. I wanted to write a play set in an assisted living facility … You just don’t see plays or other media that really put [elders] center stage.”

Directed by Mira Hirsch, the Atlanta cast includes Pamela Gold, Rivka Levin, Clayton Landey, Mary Lynn Owen, and Russell Scott.

A reception with light refreshments begins at 6 p.m., preceding the 7 p.m. performance. A post-show discussion with the playwright, director, and performers follows the staged reading.

TICKETS: Free with registration at eventbrite.com.

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