BAD JEWS Comes to Capital Stage 6/24

Capital Stage presents Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon a NY Times Critics Pick (2013). Amy Resnick, last seen at Capital Stage in August: Osage County, and Blackberry Winter will direct this Sacramento Premiere. Bad Jews will be the sixth and final production of Capital Stage's 2016-17 Season: Love + War, and will run from June 21-July 23, 2017 with a Press Opening on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 8pm.

The night after their grandfather's funeral, three cousins engage in a battle royale over a family heirloom. In one corner is the unstoppable and self-assured force of "Super Jew" Daphna, and in the other, the immovable and entitled object of her secular cousin Liam. And in the middle is Liam's brother Jonah, trying to stay out of the fray. A fierce, biting comedy about family, faith and what you choose to believe, when you're chosen..

Joshua Harmon Joshua Harmon's play Bad Jews received its world premiere at Roundabout Underground and was the first production to transfer to the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations, Best Play). It has since become the third most-produced play in the United States this season and transferred to London's West End after sell-out runs at Theatre Royal Bath and the St. James Theatre. His newest play Significant Other opened at Roundabout this summer. His work has been produced and developed by Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, Ars Nova, and Actor's Express, where he was the 2010-2011 National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence. He has received fellowships from MacDowell, Atlantic Center for the Arts, SPACE at Ryder Farm, and the Eudora Welty Foundation. Joshua is a recent graduate of Juilliard and at work on commissions for Roundabout Theatre Company and Lincoln Center Theater.

Bad Jews will be directed by Amy Resnick (August: Osage County, Blackberry Winter) and will feature Jeremy Kahn (Capital Stage debut), Chloe King (Capital Stage debut), Tara Sissom (Capital Stage debut), and Noah Thompson (Capital Stage debut). The production design team will include Timothy McNamara (Lighting design), Rebecca Redmond (Costume design), Eric Broadwater (Scenic design), Emi Teixeira (Properties design) and Ed Lee (Sound design).

Performances for Bad Jews will begin with 3 previews on Wednesday, June 21 & Thursday, June 22 at 7pm, and Friday, June 23 at 8pm. The production will open Saturday, June 24 at 8pm. Performances will continue through Sunday, July 23, 2017. Showtimes will be Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Regular ticket prices range from $28-45. Discount tickets are available as follows: Student Rush tickets are half priced with valid student ID within 1 hour of performance; Senior tickets are $5 off regular priced tickets; Military personnel tickets are $10 off regular priced tickets with valid ID; and Group Rate tickets are $5 off each for parties of 12 or more. Tickets are currently available at the Capital Stage Box Office, by phone at 916-995-5464, or online at capstage.org.