The Oldest Boy: A Benefit Reading for the Tibet Fund

The play follows an American mother whose young son is believed to be the reincarnation of a high Buddhist lama. When Tibetan monks arrive unexpectedly, asking to take her child away for a life of spiritual training in India, she and her Tibetan husband must make a life-altering choice that will test their faith – and their hearts. The Hollywood Reporter praised Sarah Ruhl’s play as “an extraordinary story with playful humor and unstinting compassion” and Newsday called it “bewitching, ingenious, and seriously moving.”