Eureka Day: A Conversation with Jonathan Spector and Jessica Hecht

The Drama Book Shop presents, in association with Jay Michaels Global Communications, Eureka Day: A Conversation with 2025 Tony Nominees Jonathan Spector and Jessica Hecht - A Talkback, signing and live podcast recording.

ABOUT THE PLAY

Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody.

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Jonathan Spector is a playwright based in Oakland, California whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include EUREKA DAY (2025 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play, NY Times Critics’ Pick, Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award, Rella Lossy Award, WhatsOnStage Award nomination); THIS MUCH I KNOW (Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critic Circle Award, Edgerton Award); BIRTHRIGHT; BEST AVAILABLE; and SIESTA KEY.

Spector’s plays have been produced at theaters including Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Hampstead Theater, Theater J, Miami New Drama, Asolo Rep, Syracuse Stage, InterAct, Shotgun Players, Mosaic Theater, Colt Coeur, Just Theater, the State Theater of South Australia and The National Theater of Austria, among others. He is currently under commission with Manhattan Theater Club, Roundabout Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse.

Jessica Hecht last appeared on Broadway in MTC’s Summer, 1976, receiving a Tony Award nomination. Additional Broadway credits include The Price, Fiddler on the Roof, The Assembled Parties, Harvey, After the Fall, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Julius Caesar, and A View from the Bridge (Tony nomination). Off-Broadway, she appeared in King Lear, Stage Kiss, Three Sisters, The Orchard, Letters from Max, and Admissions (Obie Award). Recent television appearances include “Special" (Emmy Award nomination), “Tokyo Vice,” “The Sinner,” “The Loudest Voice,” “Dickinson,” “The Boys,” and “Succession.” She is known to audiences for her roles in the beloved series “Friends” and “Breaking Bad.” Her film performances include Anesthesia, J. Edgar, The Grey Zone, My Soul to Take, Dan in Real Life, Sideways, The Atlantic City Story, The Sunlit Night, and the recently completed Eleanor the Great directed by Scarlett Johansson. Jessica founded The Campfire Project, which brings arts programming to refugee camps worldwide.

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