The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Sun 28 Aug, 2 pm. 5700 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, 21215. Robin RoseSamuels, 410.542.4900, x271, ssirkis@jcc.org. Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore - [events]

by Alfred Uhry Directed by Gavriel Lewin The 1997 Tony Award Winning play by the author of "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" tells the story of the Freitag family of Atlanta, GA in December 1939. The secular German Jewish family has been in the US for 150 years, is completely assimilated and is only interested at this moment on who will be taking who to Ballyhoo, the big German Jewish social event of the winter season. All seems normal until Joe Farkas, a New Yorker from Brooklyn who grew up with Shabbat, Passover and Yiddish arrives to work for the family. This comedy takes a humor filled view of what it means to be Jewish as it challenges the Freitag family to explore its Judaism beyond the facade of its social and worldly existence.

Four Performances To Choose From!
Sunday August 21st - 2pm
Wednesday August 24st - 7pm
Sunday August 28th - 2pm
Tuesday August 30th - 7pm

Straus Auditorium
Weinberg Park Heights JCC
5700 Park Heights Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215