TJT in association with Jonathan Reinis Productions Presents
Written and performed by Josh Kornbluth
In collaboration with David Dower, Director
Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm and 7pm
at TJT 470 Florida St.
Now EXTENDED through JUNE 20, 2010
$25-$35
For tickets call or click: 415.292.1233 | Buy Now!
Josh’s usual HILARIOUS take on life is finally pointed toward his own people! This is the story of one secular Jew’s discovery of who he is and where he came from…and the mysterious, elusive artist who showed him the way.
“Hilarity segues into serious reflections…in a funny and thought provoking personal journey” -San Francisco Chronicle
“an hilarious monologue. He is an entertainer down to his bones, and the piece is extremely funny and thoroughly engaging.” -Contra Costa Times
“Kornbluth’s most deeply considered piece, and it’s the first one likely to elicit not only belly laughs but a lump in the throat.”- San Francisco Examiner
Original workshop commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Posted under 2010, Current Season
Hi - Question - No evening show on Sunday’s?
Thank you!
Nice to see. Thanks to Corey for posting. Please tell whoever is shooting to get a microphone. It’s hard to hear the soundbites.
It’s a great show. I don’t know whether people expect it to be a literal rendition of Josh’s reality — or they accept that it’s inevitably fictionalized in the service of a good story.
The climactic scene, along those lines, jarred me because Josh conflated the request for names to be added to the list of those blessed with the Misheberach blessing for the ill at Netivot Shalom, with a request for additional Yahrzeit names — Maybe he honestly confused them, and actually named his father at Misheberach time, thinking he was noting his father’s Yahrzeit — But he certainly got it wrong. The burden of promising the audience: “This is the truth. This is my life. This really happened this way,” is a big one, and faith is easily broken.