Arts

A fake boyfriend may lead to real love in 'Beau Jest'

Comedy staged by Jewish Repertory Theatre available as video on demand via Oshman Family JCC

An invented boyfriend leads to comic family calamity in the Jewish Repertory Theatre's staged reading of "Beau Jest," available on demand through March 31 via the Oshman Family JCC. Courtesy Jewish Repertory Theatre.

As anyone who's watched a few romantic comedies knows, a character who deploys a decoy significant other — usually to dodge family disapproval of their actual love life — inevitably ends up playing the biggest trick on themselves. Such is the case for Sarah Goldman, the character at the center of James Sherman's comedy "Beau Jest," which is presented in a staged reading by the Jewish Repertory Theatre that has been filmed and will be offered on demand via Palo Alto's Oshman Family Jewish Community Center March 11-31.

Sarah, worried that her Jewish parents won't accept her gentile boyfriend, Chris, not only invents a Jewish boyfriend but also hires an escort to portray him in a meeting with the parents for Sabbath dinner. The good news for Sarah is that the escort, Bob, is an aspiring actor, but the bad news is that he's not Jewish, as she had requested of the agency. Despite some blunders at dinner, and a cascade of fibs to cover them up, Sarah's parents really take a liking to Bob — and increasingly, so does Sarah.

"Beau Jest" is available through the Oshman Family JCC March 11-31. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit paloaltojcc.org.

Help sustain the local news you depend on.

Your contribution matters. Become a member today.

Join
Heather Zimmerman
Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express newsletter, curates the community calendar, helps edit stories for the Voice and The Almanac and assists with assembling the Express newsletters for those publications. Read more >>

Follow Palo Alto Online and the Palo Alto Weekly on Twitter @paloaltoweekly, Facebook and on Instagram @paloaltoonline for breaking news, local events, photos, videos and more.

A fake boyfriend may lead to real love in 'Beau Jest'

Comedy staged by Jewish Repertory Theatre available as video on demand via Oshman Family JCC

by / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:49 am

As anyone who's watched a few romantic comedies knows, a character who deploys a decoy significant other — usually to dodge family disapproval of their actual love life — inevitably ends up playing the biggest trick on themselves. Such is the case for Sarah Goldman, the character at the center of James Sherman's comedy "Beau Jest," which is presented in a staged reading by the Jewish Repertory Theatre that has been filmed and will be offered on demand via Palo Alto's Oshman Family Jewish Community Center March 11-31.

Sarah, worried that her Jewish parents won't accept her gentile boyfriend, Chris, not only invents a Jewish boyfriend but also hires an escort to portray him in a meeting with the parents for Sabbath dinner. The good news for Sarah is that the escort, Bob, is an aspiring actor, but the bad news is that he's not Jewish, as she had requested of the agency. Despite some blunders at dinner, and a cascade of fibs to cover them up, Sarah's parents really take a liking to Bob — and increasingly, so does Sarah.

"Beau Jest" is available through the Oshman Family JCC March 11-31. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit paloaltojcc.org.

Comments

Post a comment

Sorry, but further commenting on this topic has been closed.