Memoriam

World Premiere

By Noga Flaishon

In the near future, Memoriam Inc. buys and sells memories, digitizing them for mass-viewership. Customers can rent memories and experience them fully, even feeling the sensations the original memory-holder felt: childbirth, joyful reunions, romantic wedding proposals – almost like watching a short movie but much more intimate and personal. Now Rachel, a buyer for Memoriam, is going after the most important and most personal memory acquisition she has ever sought: the memories of the last holocaust survivor on earth – who happens to be her own grandmother. A powerful, painful, loving story of family and what memories mean, who owns them, and what we owe to future generations.

Recommended for mature audiences due to sensitive subject matter and loud sounds.

Memoriam was developed by the Jewish Plays Project, and introduced to Main Street Theater through the Houston Jewish Playwriting Contest, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston.

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Noga Flaishon is a neurodivergent British/Israeli writer and producer. Initially training as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, she worked in the industry for several years before transitioning to full-time writing and producing in 2020. She is a writer and producer at Big Finish Productions, creating audio dramas in the Doctor Who universe. She writes for Six to Start, contributing to the interactive mobile game Zombies, Run!. She is also completing an MFA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Noga’s work has been recognised by the Arts Council of England, The Offie Awards, The Standing Ovation Awards, Papaptango Award, Verity Bargate Award, The King’s Head Theatre, Pleasance Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, and The Jewish Play Project, among others.

Noga’s credits include but are not limited to: 100 Years of Waiting (The Hope Theatre), Broken Link (OnComm-nominated, The Living Record Festival, The Space Theatre, Brighton Fringe), Bunker (Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe), Lethe (Standing Ovation Award-nominated, King’s Head Theatre), and A Mother’s Love (Doctor Who audio drama, Big Finish Productions).

Her work explores mental health, memory, and gender politics, often blending sci-fi, horror, and magical realism to tell poignant and unsettling stories about real-life issues.