YSHS Fall Play, Nov. 12-14 and 18-20

Two weekends of high school theater arts coming soon

The production is Alfred Uhry's (Driving Miss Daisy) play, "Last Night of Ballyhoo," a comic drama set in Atlanta, GA, on the eve of WWII and the premiere of Gone With the Wind, exploring what it means to be Jewish at Christmas time.

Performances are Fri Nov 11, Sat Nov 12, Sun Nov 13, and Fri Nov 18, Sat Nov 19, Sun Nov 20 at Mills Lawn. Friday and Saturday shows are at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. Box office opens 1.5 hours before curtain time. Tickets are $5 for students/seniors and $9 for adults. Rating is estimated to be PG.

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And here is a more detailed summary of the play from Wikipedia:
The comedy is set in the upper class German-Jewish community living in Atlanta, Georgia in December 1939. Hitler has recently conquered Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and Adolph Freitag (owner of the Dixie Bedding Company) and his sister Boo and nieces Lala and Sunny - a Jewish family so highly assimilated they have a Christmas tree in the front parlor - are looking forward to Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion sponsored by their restrictive country club. Adolph's employee Joe Farkas is an attractive eligible bachelor and an Eastern European Jew, familiar with prejudice but unable to fathom its existence within his own religious community. His presence prompts college student Sunny to examine intra-ethnic bias, her Jewish identity (or lack thereof), and the beliefs with which she's been raised.

Moira Laughlin
YSHS Theatre Association President and Drama Club Advisor