We Should Eat
We Should Eat humorously touches on age-old familial irritations with Jewish mothers, the intricacies of raising pre-teen daughters, existential dread and of course, the perpetual struggle to figure out what to order for dinner. The film stars Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black), Tovah Feldshuh (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Jackie Hoffman (Only Murders in the Building), Joel de la Fuente (Walking Dead), Bob Ari (Law and Order SVU) and Lexi Perkel (Sack Lunch Bunch). Written and directed by Shaina Feinberg.
The short will premiere at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on July 19, 2024 as a part of the Oys and Joys: Narrative Shorts presentation. Information about additional screenings coming soon!
Reboot Studios presents
A Short Bits Production in association with Carry On Only and Zero Cool Media
We Should Eat
Starring
Alysia Reiner
Joel de la Fuente
Lexi Perkel
Bob Ari
Jackie Hoffman
and Tovah Feldshuh
Executive Producers
Alysia Reiner
Shaina Feinberg
David Katznelson
Produced by
Elisabeth Durkin
Noam Dromi
Written and Directed by Shaina Feinberg
Shaina Feinberg
Filmmaker and WriterShaina Feinberg (she/they) is an award-winning American filmmaker and writer. She spent her twenties making a stoner, punk sketch show called The Spew. She has been on This American Life, was a resident at Space on Ryder Farms (2018) and Twenty Summers (2021), a Reel Families for Change grantee (2022) and a recipient of the Reboot Studios grant (2023). Her short doc, A Brief History of Hating My Face (2023), was commissioned by The New York Times. Her film, Cleo From 8:20 to 2:35 premiered at the Aspen Film Festival (2024). She has written for The New Yorker, Washington Post, Tablet and writes regularly for the New York Times. Her second book, How We Got By, came out in September 2023. Her third book, Work, is due out in December 2024. Her films and books have been written about in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bust, Broadly, Logo, THEM, Indiewire and more. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their two children.
Alysia Reiner
Actor and ActivistAlysia Reiner (she/her) is best known as Fig on 7 seasons of “Orange Is the New Black” (SAG Award), and for originating Agent Sadie Deever in the 2023 Emmy & Critics Choice Award winning “Ms. Marvel.” Other recent TV includes 5 seasons as Sunny on Peabody Award winning “Better Things” (FX/HULU), 2 seasons as Kiki on “The Deuce” (HBO), 2 seasons as Kathryn in Sharon Horgan’s “Shining Vale” (w/ Courtney Cox & Greg Kinnear on STARZ). “The Feeling That The Time for Doing Something Has Passed” (Cannes,TIFF, NYFF) opened worldwide April 26th, and Stampede Ventures’ feature film, “Going Places” (Cinequest), & “Ramona At Midlife” (BFF, Woodstock, Berlin Women, etc) on fest circuit now. Other filmed highlights include Oscar winning “Sideways,” “Broad City” (Emmy winning episode), and going head to head with Viola Davis in “How To Get Away with Murder,” etc. Alysia has performed on stages from The Royal Court Theatre (UK) to the Apollo Theatre in Harlem NYC, to the Edinburgh Festival (where she won a Critics Choice Award). Select NY theatre includes: An Oak Tree with Tim Crouch (Special Obie Award). My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre (The Public), Jesus in Manhattan (EST), Pentecost (Barrow Group).
As a producer, Alysia produced and stars in the motherhood dark comedy EGG with Christina Hendricks and Anna Camp. It premiered at Tribeca film festival, is 100% FRESH on Rotten tomatoes and available on iTunes, Amazon & VOD Now. Additionally, Alysia conceived of, developed, produced and starred in the feature film EQUITY, bought/distributed by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance 2016. Equity was Alysia’s first feature as both actress and producer, but she has acted in countless critically acclaimed and award winning films and shows, working with film masters like “Sideways” director Alexander Payne, Jodie Foster, Richard Loncraine, Matt Weiner, and of course Jenji Kohan and Pamela Adlon. You may also know her from feature films like Sideways, 5 Flights up, Kelly and Cal, Shine, Fort Tilden, Kissing Jessica Stein, or countless other indie films and TV shows (and yes you have seen her on all of the Law & Orders multiple times). She currently has 3 TV projects (including WE SHOULD EAT as a series!) and 2 films in development as a producer/star – Including SCIENCE OF A SLAM DUNK – an IFP Fast Track supported project which won the Sloan Prize last year.