Presented by Theater J
Show Dates
Wed Mar 13, 7:30pm
Fri Mar 15, 8pm
Sat Mar 16, 8pm
Sun Mar 17, 7:30pm
Mon Mar 18, 7:30pm
Wed Mar 20, 7:30pm
Thu Mar 21, 7:30pm
Sat Mar 23, 8pm
Sun Mar 24, 2pm
Sun Mar 24, 7:30pm
Wed Mar 27, 12pm
Wed Mar 27, 7:30pm
Thu Mar 28, 7:30pm
Sat Mar 30, 2pm
Sat Mar 30, 8pm
Sun Mar 31, 2pm
Sun Mar 31, 7:30pm
Wed Apr 3, 7:30pm
Thu Apr 4, 7:30pm
Sat Apr 6, 2pm
Sat Apr 6, 8pm
Sun Apr 7, 2pm
Sun Apr 7, 7:30pm
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother!
Written in 1898, Gordin’s story of power and pride revolves around Mirele Efros, a wealthy widow and clever business woman who wants to find a good wife for her son. When her children turn against her, Mirele experiences a fall of Shakespearean proportions. Wildly successful in its time, Gordin’s masterpiece of Yiddish theater shines in a scintillating new English translation. Produced in partnership with the Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program. Featuring Tonya Beckman, Karl Kippola, Valerie Leonard, Alana D. Sharp, Sue Jin Song, and Frank X.
Haaretz wrote: “Unquestionably the representative play of Yiddish Theater.”
The Jewish Queen Lear
by Jacob Gordin
Directed by Adam Immerwahr
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your tickets will be available for pick up at Georgetown’s Davis Performing Arts Center one hour before your scheduled performance.
Theater J strongly recommends getting to the performance via taxi or ride service and being dropped off and picked up at the Front Gates at 37th Street and O Street NW, using the address “3700 O Street NW.” Taxis are often available there. It is a short walk (approximately one block) to the Davis Performing Arts Center.