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Last Fall, I reviewed the unforgettable and chilling FESTEN at New Century Theater Company and was intrigued with what they would do with, "My Name is Asher Lev” Based on the best-selling book by Chaim Potok, this adaptation by Aaron Posner and Directed by Sheila Daniels.
The play is about Asher Lev (the always Fab, Conner Neddersen), a Brooklyn bred Hasidic Jewish Painter with Conservative parents and the talent and drive to paint.
His parents are played by Amy Thone and Bradford Farwell, who played the father and mother in FESTEN and this time you have an overbearing, but passionate father and the ultra religious mother horrified at Asher's nude sketches that they drew as a teen.
Then we see Farwell as the supportive Rebbe who refers Asher to Jacob Kahn (also played by Farwell with a Brooklyn accent) to mentor the young Asher to come to terms that Art should be separate from religious morals. In one scene, Thone appears as a Topless model for Asher that helps to create a forbidden piece of his parents that goes against his religious beliefs to a crushing conclusion.
Separate, but Equal.
NCTC's My Name is Asher Lev continues through May 21st at 12th Ave Arts. Click HERE for TIX and INFO.
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