BRIC and Sundance to Offer Reading of New Paula Vogel Play, 11/24

BRIC and the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, in partnership with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre, are pleased to host a work-in-progress reading of Indecent. Co-created by director Rebecca Taichman and the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, Indecent is inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1922 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance - a play considered by many to be a seminal work of Jewish culture, by others, an act of traitorous libel. Alive with popular songs of the era, this deeply moving play charts the history of an incendiary work, the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it, and the evolving identity of the culturally rich community that inspired its creation.

The playwright, director and cast will be in residence at BRIC House from November 18-24, culminating in a work-in-progress public reading on Monday, November 24 at 7pm. Tickets to the reading are $10 and can be purchased by visiting BRICartsmedia.org or by calling OvationTix at 866.811.4111. BRIC House is located at 647 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

The creative team includes musical director Andrew Resnick and stage manager Amanda Spooner. Casting will be announced at a later date.

Indecent was supported, in part, at the 2013 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort with continuing Post-Lab Support through its initiative with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Indecent was commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre and American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and has been developed with the support of Yale's Binger Center for New Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and La Jolla Playhouse.