Indecent

Indecent 

Written by Paula Vogel

Co-created by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman

Originally produced at Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT

October 2 - October 24, 2015

About the Premiere Production:

Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman’s deeply moving new play with music is inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s The 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.

Indecent was commissioned by Yale Rep and American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse.

Cast: Katrina Lenk, Mimi Lieber, Max Gordon Moore, Tom Nelis, Steven Rattazzi, Richard Topol, and Adina Verson.

 

Director: Rebecca Taichman

Choreographer: David Dorfman

Composer & Musician: Lisa Gutkin

Composer, Music Director & Musician: Aaron Halva

Musician: Travis W. Hendrix

Scenic Design: Riccardo Hernandez

Costume Design: Emily Rebholz

Lighting Design: Christopher Akerlind

Sound Design: Matt Hubbs

Projection Design: Tal Yarden

Dialect Coach: Stephen Gabis

Fight Director: Rick Sordelet

Yiddish Consultant: Joel Berkowitz

Production Dramaturg: Amy Boratko

Casting Director: Tara Rubin

Stage Manager: Amanda Spooner

Award Wins and Nominations

Tony Award®
Best Play
2017 Nominee
Produced by Daryl Roth , Elizabeth I. McCann , Cody Lassen , Jerry Meyer , Jay Alix & Una Jackman , Elizabeth Armstrong , Julie Boardman , CoGro Partners , Nicole Eisenberg , Four Star Productions , GLS Productions , The John Gore Organization , Kathleen K. Johnson , Dana M. Lerner , Jenn Maley , Mano-Horn Productions , Marc Platt and Storyboard Entertainment ; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) , La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley: Artistic Director; Michael S. Rosenberg: Managing Director) and Vineyard Theatre
Written by Paula Vogel

Best Direction Of A Play
2017 Winner
Directed by Rebecca Taichman

Best Lighting Design Of A Play
2017 Winner
Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind

Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Play
2017 Nominee
Produced by Daryl Roth , Elizabeth I. McCann , Cody Lassen , Jerry Meyer , Jay Alix & Una Jackman , Elizabeth Armstrong , Julie Boardman , CoGro Partners , Nicole Eisenberg , Four Star Productions , GLS Productions , The John Gore Organization , Kathleen K. Johnson , Dana M. Lerner , Jenn Maley , Mano-Horn Productions , Marc Platt and Storyboard Entertainment ; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) , La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley: Artistic Director; Michael S. Rosenberg: Managing Director) and Vineyard Theatre
Written by Paula Vogel

Outstanding Lighting Design For A Play
2017 Winner
Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind

Theatre World

Dorothy Loudon Award For Excellence
2017 Recipient
Katrina Lenk (and for "The Band's Visit" (Off-Broadway))

Subsequent Productions:

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Additional Funders: Production support for Indecent is provided by Righteous Persons Foundation and Paul F. Balser, Sr.; Shirley Brandman and Howard Shapiro; Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven; Roz and Jerry Meyer; Carol and Arthur Spinner; Esme Usdan; Wendy Zimmermann and Stephen Cutler.