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All in the Family By Eric Evans, Dramaturg Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews is a family play. A fractured, raw-nerved kind of family, perhaps, but a family nonetheless. And therein resides its power. It shows us each a version of our own families. Not necessarily as vitriolic as the members of the Haber and Feygenbaum clans, maybe not as vocal and contentious and righteous but, we know these people, we have shared meals and secrets and experiences with our own facsimiles.

Bad Jews is a family story in the most literal sense – we meet two brothers, Liam and Jonah, and their cousin, Daphna; we hear mention of parents and grandparents, family gatherings and college visits, of gifts and inheritances; we’re privy to veiled references to long-running rivalries and the newest rendition of their oldest arguments, to the familial shorthand that can allow the briefest glance or the shortest pause to communicate a volume’s worth of information. It is a family story in the ways that they know exactly how to get beneath the skin of one another with minimal effort. And it is a family story in the way that ranks are closed when Liam arrives with his girlfriend, Melody, who then receives from Daphna nothing short of full interrogation, lest she be a less than suitable match for someone in the clan. Bad Jews however, is also a family play in the larger sense. The family (of sorts) that faith represents is equally present in this story.

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Questions arise about where or how – or even if – Judaism fits into the fabric of this family now that its patriarch has passed away, taking with him a deep conviction in his beliefs and the ways that it influenced his children and grandchildren. It is evident, especially, in Daphna and Liam’s debates about what it means to be Jewish in modern times. ‘How do we honor the old ways?’, she asks. ‘How do they apply to our lives now?’, he counters. Both make sense at times and just as quickly descend into to pure irrationalism. Such, it seems, is the state of modern discourse. But it’s not simply a “Jewish” question, is it? To be a Catholic today is not necessarily what it meant to practice Catholicism fifty years ago. Witness the deep divisions within Islam or the rifts within the Anglican Church for further proof. We can extend this out to the “family” of nations as we repeatedly debate about what it means to call a certain country home and all that that designation means. Are we less worthy of a faith (or family or culture) if we question as much as we accept? Does the questioning strengthen the faith (or family or culture) or merely undermine it? These questions about the forever-changing nature of faith, family and culture and their survival through the generations are what led Joshua Harmon to write Bad Jews. “I began to grapple with the idea that in my lifetime the people who were actual eyewitnesses to the events of the Holocaust were going to be gone.” he says. “How would these stories be kept alive and how well equipped were the people who were going to be telling them? How would they sound, what would they mean, and what kind of impact would they now have being told by people who were not there? How do you hold onto the things that you’re losing? [It’s something] that’s true of all families and cultures.” Harmon seems to be asking us: Who decides who is a “bad Jew”? And does designating someone as a “bad Jew” make you a good one by comparison?

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by Joshua Harmon Directed and Designed by Ralph Meranto Lighting and Technical Direction by Thomas Habecker Production Stage Manager Jillian Christensen Dramaturg Eric Evans Producing Artistic Director Ralph Meranto

October 18 thru November 2, 2014 Sponsored by Debby Landsman

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by Joy Getnick, JCC Jewish Program Director

Can you be a Bad Jew? A few years ago Vanessa Hidary, aka “the Hebrew Mamita,” a slam poet from the Upper West Side, began receiving national attention for her poetry on Jewish identity. She spoke about being “Jew-ish.” Not Jewish. But “Jew-ish.” She spoke about what makes a “good Jew,” and the labels we place on ourselves based on the ways in which we observe (or don’t observe) Shabbat, the laws of keeping kosher, holidays, rituals, and more. She spoke to what she sees as an absurd idea that if one does not adhere to specific Jewish traditions, one somehow loses full membership as Jew – religiously and/or culturally. Certainly the characters in Bad Jews could relate, as they each struggle to articulate how their relationship with their heritage intersects (or not) with their lives as modern Jews. In some ways, the story of Bad Jews is simply a retelling of one of the oldest stories of the Jewish people, that of Jacob and Esau, two brothers fighting over a birthright. Their mother, Rebecca, decides that one son is the “better Jew,” and thus more deserving of his father’s blessings than his brother. In Bad Jews we only get to meet the three young relatives (and of course the girlfriend). We don’t get to meet the parents or extended families. There is no Rebecca to say “you’re the better son.” So instead we watch these three young adults try to sort out the situation for themselves, each with their own idea of what makes someone the “better Jew.” Bad Jews implores us to think critically about our own preconceived notions of what “Jewish” looks like in the twenty-first century, and question our assumptions. It asks us to reflect on how we consciously or unconsciously

categorize and label our own identities, Jewish or otherwise. The stark differences between the characters’ Jewish choices compels us to consider who we think is “most deserving” of the inheritance. But as Hidary argues in her slam poetry, the characters we relate to says more about our own perception of religion and ethnicity within the melting pot of the United States than about the choices and lifestyles of Jews we may be quick to label and judge. Bad Jews asks us to question whether or not there even is such a thing as a “Bad Jew” given the diversity and complexity of modern religious and ethnic identity.

The Chai If there were a fifth character in Bad Jews, it would have to be the “chai” necklace at the center of the conflict between the characters we see on stage. The Hebrew word “chai” means “life.” It’s a deceptively simple two letter word made up of the Hebrew letters “chet” and “yud.” In the Jewish tradition, each Hebrew letter has a numeric value as well. The sum of the Chai’s two Hebrew letters equals 18, which has made 18 an especially auspicious number in the Jewish tradition. For this reason, some believe that a Chai pendant has special protective or luck-bearing properties. Chai pendants symbolize a personal will to live, a celebration of life and serve as a reminder of the ethics a person should try to live by.

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Jonah Haber ................................................................................................... Justin Borak Daphna Feygenbaum ......................................................................... Janine Mercandetti Liam Haber ................................................................................................. Carl Del Buono Melody ................................................................................................ Samantha Buckman

Setting: Late at night. Upper west side NYC Bad Jews will be performed without an intermission.

artistic staff Director/Scenic Designer ........................................................................... Ralph Meranto Lighting Designer/ Technical Director ................................................. Thomas Habecker Production Stage Manager/Props Master............................................. Jillian Christensen Costumes ......................................................................................................... Kathy Kenez Dramaturg ........................................................................................................... Eric Evans Asst. Stage Manager ..................................................................................... Jeremy Stiles Judaic Consultant ................................................................................... Jonathan Getnick Sign Language Interpreters ............................ Hunter Bartholomew, Samantha Geffen Assistant to the Director ......................................................................... Janda Hemming Master Carpenter ......................................................................................... Arthur D. Kuh Set Construction Crew ............................................................. Ted Ertischek, Lou Fraum, Goodman Freed, John Giffen, Arthur D. Kuh, Howard LeVant, Norm Lurie, Richard Mader, Richard Mathner, Bary Siegel, Henry Silberstern, Abe Vigoda, Jerry Wiesenberg, David Winterman; Emeritus: Mort Epstein, Irving Koff House Managers ..................... Carol Epstein, John Giffen, Helen Gulack, Paul Heaney, Nate Josephson, Henry Metzger, Connie Neer, Howard Ressel, Esta Ritcher, Elaine Usdane

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Justin Borak (Jonah) is an 18-year-old MCC student who is so excited to be a part of JCC’s Bad Jews. Justin just graduated Webster Thomas High school. His most recent credits are Fight With Love, Fame (Nick), and Picnic (Hal). His next performance will be as Diesel in RAPA’s West Side Story. Justin would just like to thank everyone at CenterStage giving him such an amazing theatre experience. Carl Del Buono (Liam) is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Credits include: The Last Five Years (Jamie), The Normal Heart (Felix), Parade (Young Soldier/Britt Craig) at JCC CenterStage; Jekyll & Hyde(Jekyll/Hyde) at WTG; My Fair Lady (Ensemble) Merry-Go-Round; Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings (Smudge) Cohoes Music Hall; Melanie and the Record Man, Sunday in the Park With George (George) Blackfriars Theatre; Angels in America (Prior) Method Machine; Lion in Winter (Philip) Out of Pocket Productions; Measure for Measure (Claudio) Shakespeare Players; Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Simon) Lady Parts Theatre; Annie (Drake/Bert Healy), Seussical (Horton) Rochester Children’s Theatre; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig) Rochester Fringe Festival 2012, and choreographer of MCC’s Cabaret. For Jido. carldelbuono.com Janine Mercandetti (Daphna) was last seen at JCC CenterStage as Cathy in The Last Five Years which also won Best of Fest honors in the 2014 Rochester Fringe Festival. Other CenterStage credits include Lucille Frank in Parade and Encore! Janine played Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense

at Blackfriars. Favorite Off-Broadway and Regional Credits: Edges (Woman 2) and Lynette at 3 a.m. (Lynette) at the Goodman Theatre. Favorite Local Credits: Boeing Boeing (Gabriella); The Who’s Tommy (Mrs. Walker) both at Blackfriars Theatre and Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy) at Webster Theatre Guild. Janine earned her BFA in Acting from the Goodman conservatory at DePaul University. Thanks to Dad, Gerald, for being the greatest on the planet. Janine dedicates every performance to her deeply missed Mama, Andrea, who now cheers her on from the best seat in the house. www.janinemercandetti.com Samantha Buckman (Melody) is making her JCC CenterStage debut with Bad Jews. A recent graduate from Nazareth College’s Theatre Arts program, her favorite credits include An Evening of David Ives (Kafka, Jenny, Doris, TV Woman, High Priestess), Almost, Maine (Glory, Marvalyn, Villian, Hope, Rhonda), Alice in Wonderland (Caterpillar, March Hare, Larry), Smith (Soldier, Mrs. Johner, Student, Department Chair), and Mad Forest (Reader). Samantha is currently a marketing and communications intern at Geva Theatre Center, and strives towards a career that allows her to create and celebrate art. She would like to thank her friends and loving family, and Draco! Xo Eric Evans (Dramaturg) Dramaturgical credits for the JCC include Lebensraum, Rose, Parade and Funny Girl. He is in his fourteenth season with Geva Theatre Center and his ninth with Geva’s Education department. Dramaturgical credits for Geva productions include On Golden Pond, Over the Tavern, American Buffalo, Doubt, Rooms, Sweeney Todd and Fences. Eric has also served as dramaturg for productions by Method Machine (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Angels in America: Perestroika), University of Rochester’s Todd Theatre (Dr. Faustus

Lights the Lights) and the Irish Players of Rochester (Love in the Title, The Cripple of Inishmaan). He holds a B.A. in History/ Communications from St. John Fisher College. He is also a frequently published writer – samples of his work can be found at www.inkpublications.com. Jillian Christensen (Stage Manager) is pleased to be making her debut with JCC CenterStage. A veteran stage manager for the Rochester Community Players, she has been behind the scenery of countless shows. She would like to thank this cast and crew for being so wonderfully welcoming, her husband John for his tireless patience, and Kat McNally for her encouragement. Tom Habecker (Lighting Designer/Technical Director) supervises over 150 events every year. Previous professional credits include Production Manager for Northeastern University in Boston and work with the Lake George Opera Festival and Anchorage Alaska Civic Light Opera. JCC Lighting Design credits include The Last Five Years, Imagining Madoff, Golda’s Balcony, Evita, Speed the Plow, Lebensraum, Triangle Factory Fire Project, That’s What Friends are For, and all ten years of our American Songbook series. Ralph Meranto (Director/Scenic Designer/ Producer) is Artistic Director and Producer of JCC CenterStage where favorite directing credits include The Last Five Years, Parade, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, Fiddler on the Roof, Rose, Kindertransport, Taking Sides,

Six Degrees of Separation, our American Songbook series and his SummerStage collaborations with Meggins Kelley on Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Rent, Hair, West Side Story and Urinetown. Ralph’s most recent on-stage performance was last season in Stud’s Terkel’s Working. Ralph is active with TheatreRocs and directed the first two TheatreRocs Showcase productions at Geva Theatre Center. He is also a private acting coach and appears in the occasional corporate video or television commercial. Joshua Harmon (Playwright) Joshua Harmon’s play Bad Jews had its world premiere in a sold-out run at Roundabout Underground and was the first play to transfer to the Roundabout’s Laura Pels (Outer Critics Circle & Lucille Lortel nominations, Best Play). In addition to this performance at JCC CenterStage, Bad Jews will receive more than a dozen productions around the country next season at The Geffen, Long Wharf, Magic, and Studio Theatre, among others, and in the UK at Theatre Royal Bath. His plays have also been produced and developed by Manhattan Theatre Club, The O’Neill, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, and Actor’s Express, where he was the 2010-2011 National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence. Fellowships include MacDowell, Atlantic Center for the Arts, SPACE at Ryder Farm, and the Eudora Welty Foundation. A graduate of Juilliard, he is under commission from Roundabout and Lincoln Center.

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Naked truths...and more...are exposed when five women of diversely different backgrounds gather for a self-help seminar. This laugh-out-loud comedy from the awardwinning screenwriter of the film “Dorfman in Love” and the creator of the TV series “Anything But Love,” makes its official world premiere at JCC CenterStage after an acclaimed developmental production in Denver. Playwright Wendy Kout will be in Rochester working with the cast and director for this world premiere production and for a screening of “Dorfman in Love” on November 8, 2014.

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