![]() Seven members of the cast dance between thirty roles with only simple costume changes and a switch of accent to aid them. Perhaps Laurence’s greatest feat is the handling of the theme of instability in a story about the Jewish migrant experience. ![]() Elizabeth Laurence’s production of this deeply complex play rises to its challenges and is nothing short of phenomenal. This makes it a huge undertaking and an ambitious choice for a student production. Spanning 40 years and both sides of the Atlantic, Indecent explores rich themes such as anti-semitism, homophobia, and the role of art. It tells the true story of a Jewish playwright, Sholem Asch, as he shepherds his play The God of Vengeance from its creation in 1906 Warsaw, across Europe on tour, onto Broadway in 1923, where the cast is arrested on obscenity charges for the portrayal of lesbians, and then to the future as it traverses the waves of cultural memory. Paula Vogel’s Indecent is no small feat to pull off. ![]()
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