Ana is on her own, a scholarship student at a boarding school, until she meets day-student Jonah. But what begins as an exploration of new and joyful desire shifts into more complex negotiations of intimacy and survival, covering decades in one woman’s life. Critically lauded in New York, Jonah is a story of rage, resilience, and the radical possibilities of trust by Studio favorite Rachel Bonds.
Jonah is generously underwritten by Teresa and Dan Schwartz
Rachel Bonds is a playwright, screenwriter, and writer for scripted podcasts. Her plays have been developed or produced by Studio Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, MCC Theater, Ars Nova, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, McCarter Theatre Center, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival and NYS&F. Recent projects include Jonah, winner of the 2024 Laurents/Hatcher Award, which premiered at Roundabout Theatre Company; The Lonely Few, with music & lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, which ran at MCC Theater and The Geffen Playhouse; and the scripted series The Boar’s Nest, starring Mandy Moore, for Audible. She was the Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at Ars Nova, and in addition to the Laurents / Hatcher Foundation Award, her plays have received the L. Arnold Weissberger Award, the Sky Cooper Prize, and the Heideman Award. rachelbonds.com
Taylor Reynolds is an OBIE-award winning director based in New York, originally from Chicago. Her work centers around joyful collaboration and new play development. DC directing credits include Fat Ham at Studio Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Director), Merry Wives at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Primary Trust at Signature Theatre, and The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. New York and regional directing credits include The Waterfall at WP Theater/Thrown Stone, This Land Was Made at Vineyard Theatre, Tambo & Bones at Playwrights Horizons/Center Theatre Group, Man Cave at Page 73, Plano at Clubbed Thumb (Drama Desk nomination for Best Director), Clyde's at Berkeley Repertory Theatre/Huntington Theatre Company, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (New York Times Critic's Pick), and Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally at Baltimore Center Stage/Playwrights Realm. Taylor has also worked as a director and collaborator with companies including The Movement Theatre Company, Playwrights’ Center, Keen Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, MCC Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and The 24 Hour Plays. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, 2021 League of Professional Theatre Women Lucille Lortel Award recipient, 2017-2018 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab alum. She has a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and is a proud member of SDC.