Playwright Paula Vogel Examines Her Jewish Identity Through Indecent | Playbill

Video Playwright Paula Vogel Examines Her Jewish Identity Through Indecent The Pulitzer Prize winner defines her Judaism and the message of identity in her Broadway play.

Throughout the seven years it took to create Broadway’s recently opened Indecent, playwright Paula Vogel has had a lot of time to reflect. Set over the span of four decades, Indecent tells the story of Sholem Asch’s play God of Vengeance, the troupe of actors who toured it around Europe, the New York acting company jailed for performing the “obscene” work, and the inhabitants of the Lodz ghetto who clung to it during the Holocaust.

Read More: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PAULA VOGEL’S INDECENT, READ THIS

Vogel has spoken repeatedly about the personal meaning of Asch’s work and the love scene he wrote between two women—a scene that seemingly changed the course of Vogel’s life.

But Vogel has spoken less about her Jewish connection to the work—until now. “More and more my Jewish identity is emerging and I think in a way that I don’t want to see happen for young children,” says Vogel in the video above. “My Jewish identity has been formed from anti-Semitism in my childhood. That isn’t the way we should be identifying ourselves.”

To purchase tickets to Broadway’s Indecent, click here. For discount tickets on select performances, click here!
Click through the links to listen to Vogel speak about other themes addressed in Indecent, from immigration to love to music to truth.
 
Recommended Reading:
 X

Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.

Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!