The Last Yiddish Speaker
Review by Ernest Goes To The Theatre/Ernest Edwards
Last night I was at the Six Points Theater for the play The Last Yiddish Speaker. The play was written by Deborah Zoe Laufer. It started having readings in 2022, and had its world premiere during the 2024/2025 season. It’s a strong start to Six Points 31st Season.
The play is a speculation on how the USA would look in 2029 if January 6, 2021 would have went a different way, and if Christian Nationalism did become the norm. The story follows a Jewish father and daughter trying to blend into a Christian world. All other religions are forbidden. Seems like only Whites are in this America. While teenage girls can go to school, they can’t go to college or have a job. Meant to be wives and child bearers only in this futuristic view of the USA. Sarah, the daughter dreams of going to Canada, so she can go to university, also have a job, and make a contribution to the world. That is, if the Canadian borders are not closed.
This play is a frightful prediction of the future. I think we can learn a lot from this play.
The play has a small cast of 4, played by Sally Wingert (Chava), Avi Aharoni (Paul), Charleigh Wolf (Sarah) and Carter Graham (John).
Very moving and powerful play. It runs through Sunday November 9, 2025. I hear the Sunday performance is sold out. Check out sixpointstheater.org for information on tickets.
