The Whipping Man, presented by Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati

Regional premier. Passover, 1865. The Civil War has just ended and the annual celebration of freedom from bondage is being observed in Jewish homes across the country. A Jewish Confederate soldier, returns wounded from the battlefield to find his family home in ruins, abandoned by everyone except two former slaves, who were also raised as Jews. As the men wait for the family's return, they wrestle with their shared past as master and slave, uncovering a tangle of long-buried family secrets.