INDECENT Will Come to 1st Stage in June
The 1st Stage production is directed by Alex Levy and features Ethan J. Miller and Zach Brewster-Geisz
From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch's “God of Vengeance”—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. “…we are indebted to Vogel…for reminding us of a brave play that fearlessly told the world there's nothing indecent about love.” — TheaterMania
The 1st Stage production of Indecent features returning 1st Stage artists Ethan J. Miller (The Waverly Gallery, Postcards from Ihatov, The Chosen, and others), Zach Brewster-Geisz (The Chosen), and Stephen Russell Murray (The Chosen, Never the Sinner), and welcomes Lily Burka, Nicole Halmos, Lauren Hart, and Ben Ribler to 1st Stage. The production is directed by Artistic Director Alex Levy (Birthday Candles, The Lake Effect, The Waverly Gallery, and others).
The design team includes: scenic design by Kathryn Kawecki, lighting design by William K. D'Eugenio, sound design by Ethan Balis, costume design by Rakell Foye, props design by Pauline Lamb, music direction by Joe Walsh, choreography by Robert Bowen Smith, dialect coaching by Susan Lynskey, and intimacy coaching by Lorraine Ressegger-Slone.
Indecent will run at 1st Stage from June 4-21, 2026 with show times as follows: Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2pm.
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