GOD OF VENGEANCE
February 14 - March 4, 2001
- By Sholom Asch
- Translated by Caraid O’Brien
- Dramaturgy by Aaron Beale
- Directed by Jenny McConnell
- The Smith Lobby of the DCJCC
A Co-Production with Theatre J
Helen Hayes Award Nomination: Outstanding Costume Design
In the Winter of 1906, Sholom Asch and a group of young writers gathered in the home of Y.L. Peretz, one of the founders of modern Yiddish literature, to read Asch’s first play, God Of Vengeance. Upon completing the read, Peretz turned to Asch and said, “Burn it.” The play continued to provoke controversy, culminating in its English-translated Broadway premiere in 1923 when its cast and producers were thrown in jail on obscenity charges.
Still intensely provocative in 2001, this new translation by Caraid O’Brien tells the story of a wealthy brothel owner who desperately tries to preserve his daughter’s purity. But the father’s sin runs deep and his daughter holds a dark secret…
“There is tension all over the place; the elegant marble floors and high ceilings of the lobby are at odds with the tawdriness of the set’s ratty furniture and Eric Grims’s purposefully dull lighting. The ambiance of the JCC, where faithful Judaism is implied by the very building, hardly squares with the screaming irreverence of the text.”
FEATURING
Lindsay Allen
Jon Cohn
Irv Jacobs
Caroline Kellogg
Danny Ladmirault
Scott McCormick
Tracy Olivera
Elizabeth Richards
Emerie Snyder
Yasmin Tuazon
Designers
Set Elieen E. Daly, Justine Light, Lucas Maroney
Lighting Eric Grims
Costumes Justine Light, Lucas Maroney
Sound Mark Anduss
Props Elieen E. Daly
STAFF
Stage Manager Kate Kilbane
PRODUCERS
Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Josh Ford
Caitlin Barille
