Old Jews Telling Jokes

A Play by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent

Maude Adams Theater Hub and Catskill Mountain Foundation

October 4th & 5th, 7pm

Doctorow Center for the Arts
7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY

The Sound of Laughter and The Smell of Lox? Get Ready for Old Jews Telling Jokes!

This October 4th and 5th, get ready for side splitting humor and a religiously good time as this intimate cast of local characters Schvitz and Kvetch their way through some of Judaism’ Greatest Hits!

Old Jews Telling Jokes is a surprisingly poignant and equally hilarious anthology of some of the best jokes and tales collected straight from the mouth of some of the East Coast’s oldest and Curmudgeon-y-est Jews. What began as a film project documenting the stories of native Jerseyans and New Yorkers over 65 quickly grew into, for a time, one of Youtube’s biggest competitors. After that, “Old Jews…” became a cultural archive of some of the most painfully long winded and uniquely clever jokes, both Jewish and Goyim. Featuring local favorites Jessica Gibbons, Gary Falk, Michael McDonald, and Ginger McMahon.

The re-staging of this iconic play will be directed by Jake Shipley, a newly local Ashkenaz who has heard these exact jokes told since he was in diapers and a Kippah. Shipley is a new member of the Maude Adams Theater Hub lineup, most recently seen as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Originally a comic and writer, this will be his directorial debut for staged theater.

“I’ve had the great fortune of being inducted into this community and discovering for myself, as so many directors have before me, the immense pool of talent that resides in these mountains,” says Shipley. “I can’t wait to share with you their wit and Chutzpah. Jewish or not.”

Old Jews Telling Jokes runs for two nights only: on Friday, October 4th and Saturday, October 5th. Join us at the Doctorow Center for the Arts on Main Street in Hunter, New York. And take your wife…please. 

For tickets visit www.catskillmtn.org