Bad Jews

Joshua Harmon’s razor-sharp, blisteringly funny dark comedy 'Bad Jews' arrived Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in 2013, standing as one of the most critically lauded dramatic highlights of the decade. The claustrophobic narrative ignites inside a cramped Manhattan studio apartment on the night following their grandfather’s funeral, where three young Jewish cousins—and one non-Jewish girlfriend—engage in a vicious, verbally savage, and highly articulate battle of wills to claim a precious family heirloom, a golden Holocaust-survived Chai necklace. Directed by Daniel Aukin, the tour-de-force production was led by a career-defining, explosive comedic performance from Tracee Chimo.