Amidst war and winter, a family gathers to share a meal. But what was meant to be a moment of peace turns into a quarrel, a private war where old wounds are torn open, one by one… What Readers Think With nods to Brecht’s antiwar play Mother Courage and Her Children , Chekov’s play of generational conflict, The Cherry Orchard , and Beckett’s philosophical play Waiting for Godot , Mahdi Ahmadian’s tragicomedy, The Last Supper , explores the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma. Set in wartime in an undefined place and unknown time, Ahmadian’s characters wrestle with the universal issues of faith, indifference, fear, suffering, and how the past affects the present. Leavened by humor, the play and its characters linger in the mind long after reading, providing a mirror to our own conflicted times. — Sara Baker, author of The Timekeeper’s Son , Brancusi’s Egg , and Mail Order Bride The Last Supper is a fearless portrayal of the intergenerational traumas of war and the ghosts that haunt our precarious times. — Lara Stevens; author of Anti-War Theatre After Brecht Ahmadian has written a blistering parable of war, family, loss and everything in between . — Bryan Stubbles, playwright and translator