<P> The book is a thinly disguised depiction of the Lubavitch community . "Brooklyn Parkway", with its heavy traffic and island promenades, is a reference to Eastern Parkway . However, contrary to popular opinion, the character of Yudel Krinsky is not meant to refer to Chaim Yehuda Krinsky, one of the assistants to Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson . </P> <P> In January 2009, Aaron Posner's adaptation for the stage premiered in Philadelphia at the Arden Theatre Company . It was subsequently produced by the Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland in March and April 2010 . In 2012, the play was staged at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven and by the Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta . The first New York City Off - Broadway production of the play opened at the Westside Theater on November 28, 2012 . The play won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off - Broadway Play and the John Gassner Award . </P>

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