The Ally is a play by the American playwright Itamar Moses, which revolves around a Jewish college professor who initially agrees to sign a student's manifesto address with police brutality until he sees language in the document criticizing Israel that he is uncomfortable with, ultimately forcing him to question his identity and faith.
The play revolves around a Jewish college professor who initially agrees to sign a manifesto from students in response to an incident of police brutality but disagrees when he sees there is a section accusing Israel of engaging in an "apartheid" and "genocide" in relation to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Also included in the cast are Joy Osmanski, Cherise Boothe, Elijah Jones, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, Madeline Weinstein, and Ben Rosenfield.
[5] Characters The production has received positive to mixed reviews with critics praising the direction, performances and writing but adding that it lacks substantial stakes with Jesse Green of The New York Times gave the production a mixed review writing, "Itamar Moses’s play offers eloquent arguments on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"[8] Amelia Merrill of New York Theater Guide criticized the play for not acknowledging the events of and after October 7th in the text and added "There’s no sense of dramatic urgency in The Ally – that lives off stage.