The marvelously compelling Indecent

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's latest incendiary work lit up the Great White Way in 2017, winning two Tonys for its incredible elegy to another landmark work of modern drama. Now showing at the San Francisco Playhouse in collaboration with the Yiddish Theatre Ensemble, the production is directed by Susi Damilano with choreography from Nicole Helfer and music direction from Dmitri Gaskin.

What is the story?

Chronicling the controversy surrounding Polish-Jewish dramatist Sholem Asch's 1923 Broadway play God of Vengeance, Indecent presents a fascinating history of the piece, right from its inception in Warsaw in the early 1900s to the World War II era, when it was performed as an act of artistic resistance in German-occupied Poland. Told through the eyes of Asch and the play's performers, it uses masterful storytelling to highlight the still topical themes of homophobia and xenophobia with stunning results.