Escalation Time

Radicant Productions presents Escalation Time by Francesca Root-Dodson, directed by Molly Shayna Cohen, running November 7-23 at Studio 17. Escalation Time is about Zev (Scott Shepherd) and Kate (Francesca Root-Dodson), two married professors at Columbia University who always assumed they shared the same ethical framework. After the events of October 7, the couple unexpectedly finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. As each becomes involved in their respective campus protest movements, their disagreement threatens to engulf them—with devastating consequences. Escalation Time examines if it is possible for a marriage, or any relationship, to survive a conflict where the stakes are so high, and moral paradigms so starkly opposed. The production team includes line producer Sage Kirwan, sets by Bridget Lindsey, costumes by Victoria Cronin, sound by Steve Barroga, and lights by Eric Nightengale. Stage Management by Shier Benhamou, fight direction by Simon Kiser.