Salons
Regular gatherings of readings, performance, ideas, and conversation. New work is often heard aloud here for the first time, alongside published work, history, ritual, and the voices of the people gathered in the room.
Green Valley, Arizona
Enter the Tent.
Original plays. Ritual theater. Books. Salons. The art of being fully present.
Created by
Laurie S. Sherman
Laurie S. Sherman is an author, playwright, poet, director, performer, ritualist, and multidisciplinary artist whose work moves among literature, theater, Jewish ritual, women's history, and the strange alchemy that occurs when words leave the page and enter a room full of people.
Her books, plays, ritual works, salons, and performances form the creative heart of the Hineni Circle.
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Featured Production
In Sarah's Tent
Women separated by centuries enter the same room.
Biblical, legendary, historical, and contemporary women meet through monologue, dialogue, music, movement, ritual, and story. In Sarah's Tent is part theater, part gathering, and part living conversation: an invitation to encounter women's voices across generations and to bring our own voices into the circle.
Written and created by Laurie S. Sherman.
February 5–7, 2027 · Live Theatre Workshop · Tucson, Arizona
Performance schedule currently planned as follows; final confirmation forthcoming.
February 5–7, 2027 · Tucson, AZ
In Sarah's Tent
A ritual-theater work by Laurie S. Sherman.
- Fri · Feb 56:30 PMPreview
- Sat · Feb 63:00 PMMatinee
- Sat · Feb 66:30 PMEvening Performance
- Sun · Feb 76:30 PMFinal Performance
Stories. Ritual. Theater. Community. Presence.
Some of our work happens on a stage. Some around a table, in a garden, in a library, or within a circle of readers. What joins it is the belief that art can become an act of attention: to a story, to another person, to history, and to the moment we are inhabiting together.
One Body of Work
Two ways of carrying it forward.
The Hineni Circle brings together original writing, ritual theater, books, salons, performances, and community gatherings created by Laurie S. Sherman. The work is carried by two related but distinct organizations.
Creative & Publishing Home
Hineni Circle LLC
Hineni Circle LLC is the creative and publishing home of the work, including Hineni Circle Press, books, plays, commissioned writing, workshops, and related creative services.
Arizona 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Hineni Project Inc.
Hineni Project Inc. is an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports the public-facing mission: performances, salons, community programs, educational and cultural partnerships, access, and the development of new work.
Programs
The work, in many forms.
Readings & Gatherings
Intimate readings and participatory programs in libraries, gardens, homes, community spaces, and cultural venues.
Productions
Original theatrical and ritual-theater works by Laurie S. Sherman, developed through readings, workshops, salons, and staged performances.
Books & Publishing
Plays, fiction, poetry, ritual, liturgy, and other writing published through Hineni Circle Press and related imprints.
Visiting Programs
Readings, performances, workshops, ritual experiences, and conversations created for theaters, libraries, schools, Jewish communities, arts organizations, and other gathering places.
The Seed Fund
For congregations, sisterhoods, women's reading groups, and other communities that want to perform a Hineni work: an honorarium rather than royalties, and the playwright, director, and cast glad to help with questions and suggestions. We would love to be invited.
Help bring new work into the room.
Tax-deductible gifts to Hineni Project Inc. support performances, salons, community programs, artistic development, access, and opportunities for people to encounter this work together.