Leave if No Response

A queer Jewish coming-of-age story, Leave if No Response follows best friends Mira and Ariel as they grow up in a modern Orthodox Jewish community. When Ariel comes out to Mira, the two grow apart, and their lives unfold in opposite directions. Ariel revels in the questions of queer adulthood, while mourning the loss of the community that raised her. Mira searches for answers in Orthodox life, unable to quiet her suspicions that she may be queer. Together, they remember what was. Apart, they wonder what could have been.

Presented by The Tank

by Abby Fisher

Directors/Producers: Isabelle Chirls and Sarah Shapiro

Stage Manager: Liz Dion

Scenic Design: Claire Kramer

Assistant Scenic Design: Jordan Schwarz

Lighting Design: Sam Harris

Sound Design: Emma Lea Hasselbach

Costume Design: Byron Martinez-Castañeda

Intimacy Direction: Isabelle Chirls

Graphics: Penny Shapiro

Cast: Rebecca Salzhauer (Mira), Georgia Kate Cohen (Ariel), Harris Singer (David), Tess Walsh (Gracie/Mel/Noa), Hannah Weisz/Mae B. Tomorrow (Morah Sarah/Mikveh Attendant/Rabbi)

Understudy: Abby Fisher

Production: The Tank, June 2024

Photography by Harrison Haft