Goles-Glikn – Queer Yiddish Theater

Join NYC-based GLYK, a aueer Yiddish theater collective, for a show that asks: What’s an authentic Jew and how do you become one? What’s the relation between art and life, representation and reproduction? And what the **** are we doing in Chicago? This show will feature excerpts from Sholem Asch’s marranage melodrama Maranen and Paula R.’s (Prilutski) high-art send-up Aktor.

Rooted in the tradition of kleynkunst, an early 20th century Yiddish theater mode attempting to overcome the distinctions between amateur/professional, art/life, and audience/performer, GLYK weaves our 21st century queer sensibility through patchwork performances featuring short scenes, poems, and songs.

Doors open at 6:30. Show at 7:00pm. Run time is approximately 75 minutes with no intermission.

Tickets are free but required, and we invite you to pay what you can for them to support GLYK and Chicago YIVO.