Indecent (play)

Indecent
Poster for the Yale Repertory Theatre production
Written byPaula Vogel
Date premieredOctober 2015
Place premieredYale Repertory Theatre
& La Jolla Playhouse
(Co-production)
Original languageEnglish
SubjectThe controversy surrounding the play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch
GenreDrama

Indecent is a 2015 American play by Paula Vogel. It recounts the controversy surrounding the play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, which was produced on Broadway in 1923, and for which the producer and cast were arrested and convicted on the grounds of obscenity.[1]

Indecent was first produced in 2015. It had an Off-Broadway run in 2016, followed by a Broadway run in 2017 at the Cort Theatre. The play was nominated for three Tony Awards and won Best Direction of a Play for Rebecca Taichman and Lighting Design in a Play for Christopher Akerlind.

  1. ^ Curtin, Kaier (1987). "The First Lesbian Character Ever Seen on an English-language Stage". We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage. Boston, Massachusetts: Alyson Publications. pp. 25–42. ISBN 0-932870-36-8.