Awake and Sing! completed its successful four-day run Saturday afternoon at the New Theater on the Indiana State University campus. And following the friendly opening-night activism of kashrut-sensitive audience members, the play’s final three performances continued with the notable absence of milchig and fleishig!
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Awake and Sing! is a worthy production, if not quite kashrut
“Did you notice the faux pas?” my mom asked as we compared notes after opening night of Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing!, directed by Arthur Feinsod at the New Theater on the Indiana State University campus.
“Who eats pastrami sandwiches with milk?” I replied.
Awake and Sing! to premiere at ISU New Theater
Indiana State professor of theater Arthur Feinsod may be familiar to United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute members as author of Coming to See Aunt Sophie, the 2014 play about Jan Karski, honored as Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts to save Polish Jews from the Nazis.
Now, Arthur has directed Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing!, set to premiere at the New Theater, 538 N 7th St. on the ISU campus. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 through Friday, Nov. 12, and 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Tickets are $10. Call 812-237-3333 for more information.