Excellent news for all fans of FALSE SOLUTION, the latest architecture-inspired play by Oren Safdie (yes, son of Moshe Safdie): the piece not only just came out in publication but re-orders are only $6.99 this week.

Find some more detailed information we've received from Oren below, and also listen to our 2014 interview with him about FALSE SOLUTION here.


Original Works Publishing announces the publication of Oren Safdie’s timely play, FALSE SOLUTION. Dealing with the creative process of the architect as it relates to the design for a Holocaust Museum in Poland, the play was produced in 2013 at La MaMa Theatre in New York before transferring to the Santa Monica Playhouse in 2014 [previously on Archinect].

Margaret Gray of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “The dialogue is engaging, witty and bracingly cerebral ... An undertaking Safdie persuasively presents as heart-breaking, morally fraught and politically hazardous.”

Zachary Stewart of TheaterMania affirmed: “Oren Safdie's intellectually stimulating play will leave your head spinning with art theory and mass murder.”

Anna Chazelle of Exeunt Magazine declared: “The writing in 'False Solution' is crisp, witty, and precise ... It’s a play about intelligence, about old wisdom versus young ideals, about whether what’s worked in the past is what the present needs … [It] will certainly give you a lot to think about and is a moving experience.”

And Kristen Richards of ArchNewsNow professed: “The dialogue is fast-paced and witty – and very cutting. 'False Solution' makes for an enjoyable – and thought-provoking – evening.”

Oren Safdie's FALSE SOLUTION inhabits squarely the world of contemporary architecture. The play finds Anton Seligman, an established German-Jewish architect, in his studio late at night working on the design for a new Holocaust museum in Poland. His plans for the museum are challenged by Linda Johansson, a striking young intern and a first-year architecture student. Over the course of this intimate evening, Linda confronts Anton's resolve and throws his vision for the museum into turmoil. The effects of war, religious identity and sexual politics loom large over their electrifying encounter as creative process and personal agendas collide. The third in Oren Safdie's series ('Private Jokes, Public Places' and 'The Bilbao Effect') of plays about architecture.

FALSE SOLUTION is now available for pre-order directly from Original Works Publishing. The play will also be available in print and eBook form on Amazon shortly. A script sample is available here.