INDECENT
by Paula Vogel
“In Smith’s beautiful production at Studio Theatre, the route to memory is marked theatrically — in luminous stage imagery that steps out of shadows, in klezmer music played live, in song, in dance, in ingenious stagecraft, in a repeated projection that says “a blink in time.”
Liz Nichols
Theatre Critic, 12thNight
The Play:
Against a canvas of historical upheaval, Indecent unfurls the gripping narrative of Sholem Asch's audacious work, God of Vengeance, a groundbreaking Broadway sensation that sent shockwaves a century ago in 1923.
The Team:
Director: Benjamin W. Smith
Dramaturgs: Dana Taner-Kennedy, Daisy Brazil, Bailey Batrice
Cultural Consultant: Rabbah Gila Caine
Stage management: Stuart Lindsay
Set design: Brock Keeler
Costume design: Payal Jotania
Lighting design: Guido Tondino
The Cast:
Maxwell Vesely | Lemml
Megan Holt | Ingenue
Aidan Laudersmith | Ingenue
Alexander Mahon | Middle
Jacquelin Walters | Middle
Dov Mickelson | Elder
Elena Porter | Elder
Michael Bridge | Accordionist
Kornel Wolak | Clarinetist
Guillaume Tardif | Violinist
Read the Reviews
‘Indecent’ Is A Powerful Play About A Yiddish Scandal.
Alberta Jewish News. Deborah Shatz. December 5, 2023
‘A theatre story in a dark world, like ours: Indecent at Studio Theatre. A review’
12thNight.ca. Liz Nicholls. December 6, 2023.
‘New life is given to Sholem Asch’s story by an incredible cast and crew.’
thegateway.ca. Leah Hennig. December 6, 2023
CKUA RADIO: Thoroughfare Benjamin Smith directs 'Indecent' at U of A.
Director Benjamin W. Smith sits down with CKUA Radio Host, Tony King, to discuss Studio Theatre’s production of Paula Vogel’s Indecent. December, 2023.
