THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO at Tacoma Little Theatre

It’s December 1939 and Adolph Freitag, his sister Boo, and nieces Lala and Sunny - a Jewish family so highly assimilated they have a Christmas tree in the front parlor - are looking forward to Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion ball sponsored by their restrictive country club. Adolph's worker Joe Farkas is an attractive eligible bachelor and an Eastern European Jew, familiar with preju-dice but unable to fathom its existence within his own religious community. His presence prompts college student Sunny to examine intra-ethnic bias, her Jewish identity (or lack there-of), and the beliefs with which she's been raised.

Authors

• Alfred Uhry