Yentl

Marvin & Harlene Wool Studio Theater
2 Millstone Campus Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63146
May 12, 2016 to June 05, 2016
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Based on Isaac Bashevis Singers short story Yentl the Yeshiva Boyand updated with new music and lyrics by Jill Sobule, Yentl tells the story of a young girl in 19th century Eastern Europe forbidden to pursue her dream of studying Talmud. Unwilling to accept her fate, she disguises herself as a man. But when she falls in love, Yentl must decide how far shes willing to go to protect her identity. This marks 40 years since the play then without music ran on Broadway. With parallels in Singers short story coinciding with the burgeoning second wave of feminism, we find Yentl as an outsider seeking to find her own voice within a very proscribed world. Sobules klezmer/rock/folk score underlines the ageless ideas of young love and sexual questioning.

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  • 2016-05-12 00:00:00 2016-06-05 00:00:00 America/Chicago Yentl

    Based on Isaac Bashevis Singers short story Yentl the Yeshiva Boyand updated with new music and lyrics by Jill Sobule, Yentl tells the story of a young girl in 19th century Eastern Europe forbidden to pursue her dream of studying Talmud. Unwilling to accept her fate, she disguises herself as a man. But when she falls in love, Yentl must decide how far shes willing to go to protect her identity. This marks 40 years since the play then without music ran on Broadway. With parallels in Singers short story coinciding with the burgeoning second wave of feminism, we find Yentl as an outsider seeking to find her own voice within a very proscribed world. Sobules klezmer/rock/folk score underlines the ageless ideas of young love and sexual questioning.

    2 Millstone Campus Drive Creve Coeur MO 63146