Indecent

Paula Vogel’s thought-provoking play tells the true story of a Yiddish theatre troupe’s resilience as they bring Sholem Asch’s controversial play God of Vengeance from its 1907 Berlin premiere to its censored 1920s Broadway debut.

Paula Vogel’s thought-provoking play with music tells the story of the true events surrounding Sholem Asch’s controversial drama God of Vengeance, from its celebrated premiere in Berlin in 1907 through its European tour and arrival on Broadway in the 1920s– where it met with censorship and obscenity charges. Indecent is a tribute to the joy of theatre through the eyes of a Yiddish theatre troupe and the artists who not only dared to challenge the world, but also changed it in the process.