The Jewish Theatre Workshop Presents Staged Reading of A MODEST SUGGESTION, 11/20
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 20, 2010
Four business men sit in the conference room looking at the newest item on the docket: do they kill all of the Jews or not? This satirical new play, performed for the first time in Baltimore, takes a seriously funny look at one of the unfunniest aspects of humanity: hatred and murder of others for no reason. Like Jonathan Swift did in his famous 'A Modest Proposal,' playwright Ken Kaissar asks humanity to look at itself in the mirror to consider the absurdities of genocide in any form.
The Jewish Theatre Workshop Presents Staged Reading of A MODEST SUGGESTION, 11/20
by Lauren Wolman - Nov 7, 2010
Four business men sit in the conference room looking at the newest item on the docket: do they kill all of the Jews or not? This satirical new play, performed for the first time in Baltimore, takes a seriously funny look at one of the unfunniest aspects of humanity: hatred and murder of others for no reason. Like Jonathan Swift did in his famous 'A Modest Proposal,' playwright Ken Kaissar asks humanity to look at itself in the mirror to consider the absurdities of genocide in any form.