←Recommendations of G'Oy Vey!

This is an excellent "first-date-goes-horribly-wrong" comedy. I love the characters David Lipschutz has created and all the mayhem Ezra's family brings.

Lipschutz deserves a ton of credit for making the best use of the virtual Zoom format, too. There are on-camera visual hijinks and excellent use of the chat and emoji features. "G'oy Vey!" may be the best Zoom-specific play I've read. And now I need to see it performed.

A first date can be difficult. A Zoom first date can be awkward. A Zoom first date joined by your entire family is a circle of hell unimagined by Dante. Although in this case the family is a riot and Ezra and Taylor survive the intrusions. This is a very funny play and a perfect use of the Zoom medium.

Everything that can go wrong on a Zoom first date does in this hilarious and sweet one-act from David Lipschutz. But patience and the joy, mixed with some embarrassment, of family being family seem to be enough to ensure a second date. Great roles for actors spanning three generations. Bubbie and Zayde are a riot! Zoom it or stage it, but keep producing it!

The importance of family, connection, and culture all come through crystal clear and are punctuated by relatable family dynamics and the awkwardness of a first date. This is a play that came out of the pandemic without being a 'pandemic play' it has nostalgia built in as we remember those days of fumbling around on zoom. Love the inclusivity in casting, the messages of acceptance, and the generational humor all hit their marks. Loved seeing it with Spoonie Theatre!

This delightful Zoom play breathes on the page as much as it would in the Zoom room. David Lipschutz juggles all 7 characters in terms of their entrances, exits, and moments so well that the play flows seamlessly. I'd love to watch this staged in Zoom, as the fast pace and the variety of characters create an incredible theatrical situation. It was such a pleasure to feature this fun, comedic one-act in some scripts literary magazine Issue 5 as well!

G'Oy Vey! by David Lipschutz is a zoom play you won't want to end. There's a cast of 7 who expertly enter and exit at the perfect moments while keeping the energy high and the laughs strong. David takes the premise of a couple on their first date to new heights and uses the zoom setting as such a strength within the story. A fabulous one-act with so many developed characters who could spin-off into a new world of plays as well.

All first dates should go this way. With more charm, fire and chaos than you can shake a stick at, David Lipschutz creates a fun and fun to watch zoom play that even people zoomed out after this last year couldn't help but be caught up in. Like being a fly on the wall at the most dysfunctional family gathering you're not actually a family member of. But damn, would this be entertaining to watch.

This is adorable! A first date on Zoom goes horribly - but delightfully - awry when Ezra's whole family joins the call. I loved the jokes and the private messages between Ezra and his date. I would love to see a production of this sweet play!

A super charming romantic comedy that makes brilliant use of video conferencing software as a theatrical medium. I loved the combination of cultural specificity of Ezra's family with the open-endedness of Ezra and Taylor's identities. The flexibility in their casting is awesome, but I also love this as a queer romance. While Ezra's family is farcically funny, I also appreciate how Ezra and Taylor's connection is propelled forward throughout the family's hijinx, both in private chat and through facial expression and wording. Lovely and fun!

This play could've easily been constructed in such a way to begin and end with the punchline, "Old folks are bad with technology, amiright?" But I so appreciate that Lipschutz goes deeper than that, using the structure of a first-date meet-cute to illustrate the lengths a family goes to to stay together... and maybe, through their honest gaffs and goofs, they might even add another person to their ranks in the process. Bonus: The two lead roles are not dependent on gender identity, so Lipschutz left them entirely flexible based on how the actors identify. Yes, inclusivity!