BAD JEWS Extends 7th time, Adds 6 Weeks Through December at Chi's Royal George

Theater Wit's smash hit Bad Jews has been extended yet again, with six more weeks of shows added to its current run at Chicago's Royal George Theatre.

Originally scheduled through November 1, Joshua Harmon's smart, funny play about young Jews grappling with faith, family and identity will now run through December 10 in the
Royal George's cabaret studio, 1641 N. Halsted St. in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Show times remain Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and
8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Exceptions: No shows Wednesday, November 25 or Thursday,
November 26 (Thanksgiving Day). Tickets remain $24-$58. For tickets and information, call the Royal George box office, 312.988.9000 or visit badjewschicago.com.

A surprise storefront hit last spring for Theater Wit last spring, a sold-out sensation this past summer at Skokie's North Shore Center, now back and still one of the hottest shows in the city, Theater Wit's wildly acclaimed production of Bad Jews tellsthe story of 20-something Daphna Feygenbaum, a "Real Jew" with a boyfriend in the Israeli army. When Daphna's cousin Liam brings home his shiksa girlfriend Melody and declares ownership of their grandfather's Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith and legacy ensues. Stir in the identity curation of the Facebook generation and Bad Jews is one of the funniest, wisest, most excruciating comedies on a Chicago stage this fall.

Mazel tov to the cast and crew of Theater Wit's Chicago premiere production of Bad Jews: actors Ian Paul Custer as Liam, Cory Kahane as Jonah, Laura Lapidus as Daphna and Kelly O'Sullivan as Melody, along with Jeremy Wechsler (director), Adam Veness (set), Brandon Wardell (lights), Janice Pytel (costumes), Cassy Schillo (props) and Sarah Luse (stage manager).
Joshua Harmon's play Bad Jews received its world premiere at Roundabout Underground and was the first production there to transfer to the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations, Best Play). Bad Jews opened in London at the St. James Theatre in January 2015 following an acclaimed run at Theatre Royal Bath. Harmon is a graduate of Northwestern University, currently in the Playwrights Program at Juilliard and under commission from Roundabout Theatre Company and Lincoln Center Theater. Harmon's newest play, Significant Other, opened in June at the Roundabout.

Performances run now through November 14.
To purchase tickets to The Watson Intelligence, a Theater Wit Membership Program or Flex Pass, call the Theater Wit box office, 773.975.8150, or visit TheaterWit.org.
To purchase tickets to Bad Jews, contact the Royal George box office, 312.988.9000 or visit badjewschicago.com.

Photo credit: Charles Osgood

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