Menashe
"There's nothing orthodox about him."
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
"There's nothing orthodox about him."
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
Menashe Lustig
Menashe
Ruben Niborski
Yoel Weisshaus
Meyer Schwartz
Yoel Falkowitz
Fischel
Josh Alpert
Dovid
Abraham Bresky
Moishe
Jorge Cea
Luis
Avi Friedman
Landlord
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
The production is okay, but too many questions here with no answers. Generally, theater is all about exposing who we are as humans. Zero of that is visible here.
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