One Family in Gaza is a play based on texts between playwright Crystal Zevon and a young father in Gaza, Yasser.

This non-fiction drama is based on the friendship between Zevon, who lives in Vermont, and Yasser, who lives in the Gaza Strip. The story is told through their texting correspondence since the fall of 2023 (though they’ve known each other since 2014), reflecting Zevon’s efforts to help the family, intertwined with short news reports that give context to the letters. The main focus is the messages received from Yaser which, while telling a story that in some ways reflects universal truths about living through any war, offer insights into this particular conflict. Not unlike The Diary of Anne Frank, the piece is a rare telling of a war experience in real time, calling upon us to never forget our common humanity.
The performance will be followed by a Q&A.