the goldsmith wins at theatre aspen’s 2025 solo flights festival
THE GOLDSMITH was one of two plays selected by Theatre Aspen’s 2025 Solo Flights judges, Thomas Schumacher and Peter Marks, to win a $10,000 grant toward a future production. Read the press release here, and learn more about the 2025 festival here.
the goldsmith Awarded reboot studios 2025 creator fund investment
THE GOLDSMITH was one of six projects selected by Reboot Studios to win a $15,000 investment grant, funded by Reboot which was co-founded by Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation.
sold out reading at westport country playhouse
A reading of THE GOLDSMITH was presented at Westport Country Playhouse as part of their Barnstormers series in July 2025. Learn more.
Developmental workshop and sold out readings at theatre ariel
Theatre Ariel presented four sold out reading presentations of THE GOLDSMITH as part of their 2025 spring salon series. THE GOLDSMITH was also awarded a week long developmental workshop from Theatre Ariel in December 2024. Learn more.
Stemming from Broadway Actress Sharone Sayegh’s true family’s journey, The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry passed down in her family, across borders, cultures, and generations.
Each piece of jewelry takes us further along her family’s journey from Iraq to Israel, and then to America, where Sharone grapples for love as a first- generation Iraqi, Israeli, American.
As she wrestles with identity, belonging, multiplicity of self, and acceptance, this solo play moves, surprises, and inspires the audience to investigate the stories and legacies with which we adorn ourselves throughout our lives.
“GOld comes from the earth. it all comes from one. We take bits of it and adorn ourselves to feel connected back to the earth, to feel grounded, to feel whole again. We pass on our jewelry to leave our stories and our legacy to our children and grandchildren through this earthy precious metal.
we know we can’t stay, and we know we won’t last, but we know the gold will. The gold will hold our loved ones close, even after we’re gone. the gold will keep telling our stories. the gold will live on, and we will live on through it.”
Sharone sayegh
SHARONE SAYEGH (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary theater artist in NYC. As an actor she is currenlty playing Maxine Dean/Juno in Beetlejuice on Broadway, played Bonnie in Come From Away, originated the role of Anna in The Band’s Visit (OBC), and made her Broadway debut in Mamma Mia!. She has performed, written, directed, and produced Off-Broadway and regionally, having worked at some of the country’s most prestigious theaters including The Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, La Jolla Playhouse, Prospect Theater Co, Westport Country Playhouse, and The Muny. She has appeared on Television in Law & Order, Instinct, and Limitless. She is a 2024 ‘The Workshop’ fellow, the co-writer of the new musical The Game Boy, and is currently writing The Goldsmith, a solo play stemming from her family’s true stories, across borders, cultures, and generations. Insta: @sharonesayegh; www.sharonesayegh.com
PLAYWRIGHT/ACTOR
ZACHARy Prince
ZACHARY PRINCE is honored to join Sharone Sayegh in bringing her beautiful and deeply personal story to the stage. He last Directed and co-developed actor/comedian Stephen Brower’s Palatable Gay Robot, a genre-bending , one-man show that Playbill calls, “complex, hilarious, and human,” and Entertainment Now says, “stretches the bounds of what a one-man show can be”. Robot recently completed a successful North American Tour. (Playbill Pick, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023). As an actor, Zachary was last seen in the world premiere of Joan at South Coast Rep and Barrington Stage Company. Broadway credits include: Mother Play, Honeymoon in Vegas, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Baby It’s You. Off-Broadway: The Last Five Years at Second Stage (dir: Jason Robert Brown). International: An American in Paris (Adam) at Théâtre du Châtelet. National Tour: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli). Notable Regional credits: A Transparent Musical (Josh) at Mark Taper Forum/CTG, Grand Horizons (Brian) at Asolo Rep, The Glass Menagerie (Tom) at Pioneer Theatre, and Into The Woods (Baker) at Kansas City Rep (dir: Moisés Kaufman). Insta: @zachyprince; www.zacharyprince.com
DIRECTOR
Avi amon
AVI AMON is a Turkish-American composer and sound artist. Theatre work includes music, songs, and sound design for projects with: Ars Nova, The Kennedy Center, New York Theater Workshop, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, PAC NYC, Page73, Signature Theater, The Public, and Waterwell. Avi’s film scores have been featured at Cannes, Disney, DOCNYC, HBO, Hulu, Slamdance, SWSX, Tribeca, and 2024 Venice Film Festival. Avi’s score for the documentary EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS is available on all streaming platforms and MOTHER/ROAD, a multimedia performance piece exploring grief & memory, will premiere at The Shed in 2026. Avi is a MacDowell Fellow and has received additional support from the Jonathan Larson Grant, Berkeley REP, Dramatists Guild, Mercury Store, New Music USA, and The O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, among others. Avi is the music director at the 52nd Street Project and teaches at NYU. Aviamon.com
SOUND COMPOSER & MUSIC ARRANGER
