Who's Yehoodi? by Jerry Slaff

What does it mean to be alive in America today, and Jewish to boot? Website writer Josh attempts to answer that question by snagging the last interview of the leading Jewish writer of her time, while his girlfriend Cleo, a Jew of color, tries to find a place that will accept her as herself. The specters of an immigrant couple who lived in their Lower East Side apartment 100 years ago haunt them, as does a...
What does it mean to be alive in America today, and Jewish to boot? Website writer Josh attempts to answer that question by snagging the last interview of the leading Jewish writer of her time, while his girlfriend Cleo, a Jew of color, tries to find a place that will accept her as herself. The specters of an immigrant couple who lived in their Lower East Side apartment 100 years ago haunt them, as does a mysterious baby caught between all of them.
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Who's Yehoodi?

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  • Premiere Stages:
    5 May. 2023
    “ Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “Who’s Yehoodi?” by Jerry Slaff as a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Premiere Play Festival. “Who’s Yehoodi?” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 40 Semi-Finalists out of 701 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the vivid characters, as well as the balance of humor and pathos in the play. Our congratulations and thanks to Jerry. ”
  • Lenny Levy:
    28 Jul. 2022
    “ I enjoyed it. Liked the creativity of both couples 100 years apart sharing the same space. Also that the 2 women were not the same type of Jew as their men. I like mysteries to be fully explained but it's clear where the baby came from. I guess the underlying question of what it means to be a Jew in America today wasn't answered but I think it's a question with no clear answer. Hope you have success with it. I live in Gaithersburg. I do a lot of editing. Let me know if I can be any help. ”

JOSH Freedman, 30, white, Cleo's partner, writer for a faddish Jewish website, gevalt.com.
CLEO Spellman, 30, Black, Josh’s partner, fundraiser for a Jewish immigrant aid fund and a day school educator.
JUDAH Wolfman, 30, white, an immigrant worker, formerly a chemistry student.
CLARA Wolfman, née Mendes, 26, Judah’s immigrant Sephardic Jewish wife.
CYNTHIA Ostroff, 75, white, the leading Jewish writer of her time.
VARIOUS OFF-STAGE VOICES
NOTE: JOSH and CLEO are living in the present, JUDAH and CLARA live in the 1920s, but both couples occupy the same Lower East Side apartment simultaneously. THEY do not, and can not interact.

Awards

Semi-Finalist
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O'Neill Theater Conference
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2023
Semi-Finalist
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Premiere Play Festival
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Kean University
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2023